The Scientific World Journal / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Fate and Transport of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Upland Irish Headwater Lake Catchments Table 2 Estimated lake water and measured soil concentrations (0–5 cm) of 15 PAHs for upland study catchment (
): Lough Cummeenoughter (CUM), Lough Adanacleveen (ADA), Mullincrick Lough (MUL), Sgilloge Lough (SGI), and Cleevaun Lough (CLE).
PAHs Rings Estimated lake concentrations (pg L−1 ) Soil concentrations (ng g−1 ) no. Log
Range
Range Min Max
Mean
SD
%ΣPAHs Min Max
Mean
SD
%ΣPAHs Naphthalene 2 3.45 ND 4.55 0.91 2.03 0.40 6.57 15.9 12.8 3.66 2.92 Acenaphthylene 3 4.08 ND 11.0 2.21 4.94 0.97 0.00 3.36 0.67 1.5 0.15 Acenaphthene 3 4.22 ND 8.32 1.66 3.72 0.73 0.24 3.51 1.70 1.3 0.39 Fluorene 3 4.38 ND 12.8 6.79 4.84 2.98 0.45 12.4 5.20 4.5 1.19 Phenanthrene 3 4.46 65.3 302.0 129.0 98.7 56.7 2.91 91.6 47.4 37.7 10.8 Anthracene 3 4.54 ND 38.0 7.59 17.0 3.34 1.02 70.4 25.1 27.6 5.73 Fluoranthene 4 5.2 0.63 163.1 49.6 64.6 21.8 16.8 567.8 160.8 232.2 36.7 Pyrene 4 5.3 ND 92.6 25.3 38.0 11.1 13.5 272.3 84.8 108.1 19.4 Benz[a]anthracene+Chrysene* 4 5.61–5.91 ND 12.4 3.86 0.52 1.70 4.62 158.8 41.2 66.2 9.40 Benzo[b]fluoranthene* 5 5.78 ND ND ND ND 0.00 1.92 169.1 38.3 73.2 8.76 Benzo[a]pyrene* 5 6.35 ND 1.21 0.47 0.52 0.21 ND 7.44 1.61 3.3 0.37 Benzo[ghi]perylene 6 6.75 ND ND ND ND 0.00 ND 63.4 13.2 28.1 3.02 Dibenz[a,h]anthracene* 5 6.51 ND ND ND ND 0.00 ND ND ND ND 0.00 Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene* 6 6.9 ND ND ND ND 0.00 ND 24.5 4.89 10.9 1.12
*known carcinogen.
