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Table 4 Concentration ranges and mean value of OCPs in the water dissolved phase (DP), the suspended particulate matter (SPM) and the sediments from recent studies of different rivers, estuaries and coasts in the world

From: Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in water and sediment from Volturno River, Southern Italy: occurrence, distribution and risk assessment

Area

References

N. of OCPs

DP (ng L−1)

SPM (ng L−1)

Sediments (ng g−1)

DP + SPM (ng L−1)

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