Area | References | N. of OCPs | DP (ng L−1) | SPM (ng L−1) | Sediments (ng g−1) | DP + SPM (ng L−1) | ||||
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Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | |||
OCPs | ||||||||||
Asia | ||||||||||
Bengal Bay, India | Chakraborty et al. [76] | 2–245 | 47 | |||||||
Pearl River Delta, China | Huang et al. [77] | 8 | 14.8–87.8 | |||||||
Yangtze River, China | Zhou et al. [74] | 12 | 0.17–5.0 | 2.09 | ||||||
Yangtze River, China | Li et al. [100] | 19 | 0.4–82.1 | |||||||
Chao River, China | Yu et al. [38] | 24 | 0.81–16.85 | |||||||
Huaihe River, China | Meng et al. [101] | 6 | 1.48–32.65 | |||||||
Shuangtaizi Estuary, China | Yuan et al. [9] | 18 | 0.02–14.57 | 5.65 | ||||||
Yangtze River, China | Lin et al. [73] | 8 | 0.31–1.63 | 0.92 | ||||||
Poyang Lake, China | Zhi et al. [78] | 20 | 20.65–115 | |||||||
Hangzhou Bay, China | Adeleye et al. [33] | 8 | 0.60–24.50 | |||||||
Hangzhou Bay, China | Li et al. [79] | 10 | 1.35–26.36 | 9.39 | 2.52–27.99 | |||||
China Sea, China | Kaiser et al. [40] | 4 | ND–0.82 | |||||||
Africa | ||||||||||
Congo River Basin, Congo | Mwanamoki et al. [42] | 5 | 0.61–3.33 | |||||||
Awash River Basin, Ethiopia | Dirbaba et al. [80] | 16 | 6.63–206.13 | 76.43 | ||||||
Nairobi River, Kenya | Ndunda et al. [102] | 17 | ND-39.7 | 0.01–41.9 | ||||||
America | ||||||||||
Sea Lots, Trinidad and Tobago | Mohammed et al. [52] | 29 | 44.5–145 | |||||||
Gulf of Batabanò, Cuba | Alonso-Hernandez et al. [75] | 5 | 0.029–0.374 | |||||||
Jaguaribe River, Brazil | Oliveira et al. [81] | 8 | 5.09–154.43 | |||||||
Europe | ||||||||||
Arc River, France | Kanzari et al. [16] | 15 | 0.02–7.15 | |||||||
Portuguese Coastal Area, Portugal | Carvalho et al. [57] | 12 | 0.08–26 | |||||||
Moscow River, Russia | Eremina et al. [48] | 11 | ND-51.1 | |||||||
Someşu Mic River, Romania | Barhoumi et al. [61] | 11 | 1.00–39.24 | |||||||
Mediterranean sea | ||||||||||
Candarli Gulf, Turkey | Pazi et al. [82] | 9 | 10.2–57.3 | |||||||
Izmir Bay, Turkey | Pazi et al. [43] | 9 | 0.12–11.35 | |||||||
Calanque National Park coastlines, France | Syakti et al. [103] | 18 | 1.2–190.6 | |||||||
Durance River and Berre Lagoon, France | Kanzari et al. [60] | 11 | 0.07–2.11 | |||||||
Egyptian Coast, Egypt | Barakat et al. [83] | 14 | 0.27–83.4 | |||||||
River Po, Italy | Viganò et al. [63] | 6 | 7.5–68.2 | |||||||
Northern coast of Cyprus | Kucuksezgin et al. [84] | 9 | 2.78–306.4 | 50.8 | ||||||
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia | Dvorscak et al. [46] | 11 | 0.30–5.86 | |||||||
This study | 16 | 0.45–6.9 | 1.5 | 0.08–5.7 | 1.0 | 0.52–9.8 | 2.7 | 0.9–8.6 | 2.5 |