Table 3 Biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fish (after Van der Oost et al. 2003)
From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review
Species | Mean fish–sediment concentrations ratio (range) of compounds | Dimensions | Reference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fluorene | Phenanthrene | Fluoranthene | Chrysene | Sum PAH 2a | Sum PAH3a | Sum PAH4a | Sum PAH5a | Sum PAH6a | Sum PAH | |||
Antarctic fish Notothenia gibberifrons | 0.24–1.25 | DW:DW | McDonald et al. (1995) | |||||||||
Brown bullhead Ictalurus nebulosus | 2–10 | 2–6 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–6 | FW:DW | Baumann and Harshbarger (1995) | |||||
0.01–0.1 | LW:OM | Van der Oost et al. (1991) | ||||||||||
Eel Anguilla anguilla | 0.24–2.9 | 0.09–1.6 | 0.01–0.4 | 0.003–0.06 | 0.02–0.20 | 0.04–0.56 | LW:OM | Van der Oost et al. (1994) | ||||
Killifish Fundulus heteroclitus | 0.05–0.36 | 0.004–0.05 | 0.0005–0.001 | 0.0001–0.001 | 0.001–0.012 | DW:DW | Elskus and Stegeman (1989) | |||||
Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush | 0.00011 | 0.00016 | 0.00710 | 0.00033 | – | LW:OM | Burkhard and Lukasewycz (2000) | |||||
Pike Esox lucius | 0.02–0.09 | LW:OM | Van der Oost et al. (1991) | |||||||||
Roach Rutilus rutilus | 0.02–0.13 | LW:OM | Van der Oost et al. (1991) | |||||||||
0.5–2.3 | 0.1–0.6 | 0.02–0.14 | 0.01–0.06 | 0.01–0.13 | 0.02–0.13 | LW:OM | Van der Oost et al. (1994) | |||||
Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus | 0.00001–0.8 | LW:OM | Thomann and Komlos (1999) | |||||||||