Distribution and Bioconcentration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Water and Fishes

Table 3

Summary of total PAHs concentration (ng/L) in water and SPM from different sites around the world.

	Location	Concentration (ng/L)	𝑁	References
Water	Pearl River Delta, China	11.11–65.21	15	This study
	Xijiang River, China	21.7–138	15	Deng et al. [5]
	Pearl River and the Macao Harbor, China	13.64–106.85	15	Luo et al. [20]
	Seine River and Estuary, France	4–36	11	Fernandes et al. [24]
	Daya Bay, China	4181–27507	15	Zhou and Maskaoui [18]
	Western Xiamen Sea, China	106–945	15	Zhou et al. [33]
	Jiulong River Estuary and Western	6840–25620	15	Maskaoui et al. [19]
	Xiamen Sea, China
	Chesapeake Bay, USA	20–65.7	17	Gustafson and Dickhut [22]
	Baltic Sea	3.85–14.1	15	Witt [21]
	North Sea	0.63–3.51	15	Witt [21]
	Pearl River Delta, China	10.8–323	15	Wang et al. [14]
SPM	Pearl River Delta China	34.68–403.12	15	This study
	Xijiang River, China	0.17–58.2	15	Deng et al. [5]
	Pearl River and the Macao Harbor, China	73.54–411.51	15	Luo et al. [20]
	York River, VA, Estuary, USA	2.09–123	20	Countway et al. [23]
	Seine River and Estuary, France	2–687	11	Fernandes et al. [24]

𝑁: Numbers of PAHs compounds analyzed in each study.