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Table 3 Calculated equilibrium concentrations of the PAHs in elutriates prepared from beach sand samples

From: Marine pollution: Let us not forget beach sand

Compound

M (ng/L)

LM (ng/L)

NAP

-

-

ACY

426

-

ACE

8.38

4.26

FLN

-

-

PHE

170

-

ANT

6.00

-

FLT

33.2

-

PYR

14.3

-

BAA

2.09

-

CHR

3.00

-

BBF

1.16

-

BKF

2.55

-

BEP

0.71

-

BAP

2.41

0.01

IPY

0.42

0.01

DBA

0.07

-

BPE

0.56

-

∑PAHs

677

4.28

  1. 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; ∑PAHs, summation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons