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Table 2 Measured concentrations of PAHs in elutriates prepared from beach sand samples and in seawater

From: Marine pollution: Let us not forget beach sand

Compound

LOD (ng/L)

M (ng/L)

LM (ng/L)

SW (ng/L)

NAP

2.25

<LOD

2.25

<LOD

ACY

0.44

<LOD

0.44

<LOD

ACE

0.93

<LOD

0.93

<LOD

FLN

0.46

<LOD

0.46

<LOD

PHE

1.67

<LOQ

1.67

<LOQ

ANT

0.13

<LOD

0.13

<LOD

FLT

5.14

<LOQ

5.14

<LOQ

PYR

0.76

6.59

0.76

6.59

BAA

0.51

1.74

0.51

1.74

CHR

0.50

2.60

0.50

2.60

BBF

0.53

<LOD

0.53

<LOD

BKF

0.53

<LOD

0.53

<LOD

BEP

0.35

<LOD

0.35

<LOD

BAP

0.70

<LOD

0.70

<LOD

IPY

0.57

<LOD

0.57

<LOD

DBA

1.46

<LOD

1.46

<LOD

BPE

1.02

<LOD

1.02

<LOD

  1. M, Marseille; LM, La Marana; 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; ∑PAHs, summation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; LOD, limits of detection; LOQ, limits of quantitation.
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