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Table 1 Concentrations of PAHs measured in beach sand samples collected from Marseille and La Marana

From: Marine pollution: Let us not forget beach sand

Compound

M (μg/kg dwt)

LM (μg/kg dwt)

NAP

<LOD

<LOD

ACY

61.7

<LOD

ACE

1.52

0.77

FLN

<LOD

<LOD

PHE

101

<LOD

ANT

4.48

<LOD

FLT

61.6

<LOD

PYR

29.0

<LOD

BAA

27.5

<LOD

CHR

27.4

<LOD

BBF

16.3

<LOD

BKF

36.0

<LOD

BEP

37.4

<LOD

BAP

52.2

0.31

IPY

29.4

0.48

DBA

7.76

<LOD

BPE

45.6

<LOD

∑PAHs

539

1.56

  1. LOD, limits of detection; M, Marseille; LM, La Marana; SW, seawater; NAP, naphthalene; ACY, acenaphthylene; ACE, acenaphthene; FLN, fluorene; PHE, phenanthrene; ANT, anthracene; FLT, fluoranthene; PYR, pyrene; BAA, benz(a)anthracene; CHR, chrysene; BBF, benzo(b)fluoranthene; BKF, benzo(k)fluoranthene; BEP, benzo(e)pyrene; BAP, benzo(a)pyrene; IPY, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene; DBA, dibenz(a,h)anthracene; BPE, benzo(ghi)perylene.
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