Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in sediments at different locations on the Arabian peninsula

(conc. given in ng/L)

Coastal sediments of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Qatar [59]

Coastal sediment near Shuaiba harbor, Kuwait [60]

Coastal sediment (ng/g), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [61]

conc. (ng/L)

max.

min.

Naphthalene

3.6 ± 7.7

31.0

0.3

0 - 4.38

8.8 - 60.3

1-Methylnaphthalene

1.3 ± 2.8

11.2

0.1

nd

nd

2-Methylnaphthalene

2.1 ± 4.9

19.9

0.2

nd

nd

C1-naphthalenes

3.4 ± 7.6

31.1

0.3

0.04 - 5.23

nd

C2-naphthalenes

7.6 ± 12.0

42.2

0.3

0.06 - 16.69

nd

C3-naphthalenes

9.7 ± 17.4

65.6

0.0

0. - 20.28

nd

C4-naphthalenes

10.9 ± 32.8

132.2

0.0

nd

nd

Acenaphthylene

0.04 ± 0.1

0.3

0.0

nd

12.5 - 86.3

Acenaphthene

0.03 ± 0.1

0.5

0.0

nd

38.0 - 142.0

Biphenyl

1.3 ± 1.0

4.2

0.5

nd

nd

Fluorene

0.1 ± 0.2

0.8

0.0

0 - 6.21

17.7 - 89.4

Phenanthrene

0.8 ± 1.2

4.6

0.1

0.49 - 95.9

90.5 - 292.2

C1-phenanthrenes/anthracenes

2.6 ± 6.6

25.1

0.0

0 - 46.82

nd

C2-phenanthrenes/anthracenes

8.3 ± 25.1

99.2

0.0

2.64 - 107.5

nd

C3-phenanthrenes/anthracenes

7.2 ± 20.2

77.5

0.0

nd

nd

C4-phenanthrenes/anthracenes

4.8 ± 13.3

51.5

0.0

nd

nd

Dibenzothiophene

0.3 ± 0.7

2.8

0.0

0 - 10.51

nd

C1-dibenzothiophenes

1.4 ± 3.9

15.3

0.0

0.63 - 48.41

nd

C2-dibenzothiophenes

4.2 ± 12.1

47.6

0.0

nd

nd

C3-dibenzothiophenes

13.4 ± 40.3

157.5

0.0

nd

nd

Fluoranthene

1.1 ± 1.7

6.6

0.1

0.11 - 292.57

199.3 - 1066

Pyrene

1.0 ± 1.4

5.0

0.1

0.52 - 185.42

268.7 - 788.7

Benz(a)anthracene

0.6 ± 0.8

2.9

0.0

0.60

39.0 - 184.6

Chrysene

0.8 ± 1.2

4.4

0.1

nd

286.0 - 710.7

C1-chrysene

0.7 ± 1.5

5.5

0.0

nd

nd

C2-chrysene

1.1 ± 2.1

7.8

0.0

nd

nd

C3-chrysene

0.7 ± 1.2

4.2

0.0

nd

nd

C4-chrysene

0.4 ± 0.6

1.8

0.0

nd

nd

Perylene

0.2 ± 0.2

0.8

0.0

nd

nd

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

0.9 ± 1.3

4.5

0.0

0 - 199.73

0.0 - 100.5

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

0.4 ± 0.5

1.8

0.0

0.0 - 27.7

Benzo(a)pyrene

0.5 ± 0.7

2.4

0.0

0 - 94.75

104.0 - 476.7

Benzo(e)pyrene

0.7 ± 0.9

3.4

0.0

nd

nd

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene

0.8 ± 1.0

3.7

0.0

nd

0.0 - 48.5

Dibenz(a,h)anthracene

0.2 ± 0.3

0.8

0.0

nd

0.0

Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

0.6 ± 0.7

2.3

0.0

nd

0.0 - 16.5

Fluorene

0.1 ± 0.2

0.8

0.0

0 - 0.62

17.7 - 89.4

C1-fluorenes

3.1 ± 8.4

33.9

0.0

nd

nd

C2-fluorenes

5.3 ± 14.6

58.5

0.0

nd

nd

C3-fluorenes

8.9 ± 26.9

107.2

0.0

nd

nd