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Table 4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (μg g⁻¹) and source diagnostic ratios in soil of coniferous and broadleaf forest stands

From: Assessment of forest soil contamination in Krakow surroundings in relation to the type of stand

	S1C	S1B	S2C	S2B	W1C	W1B	W2C	W2B	N1C	N1B	N2C	N2B	E1C	E1B	E2C	E2B
Acy	0.0001	0.0013		0.0020		0.0005		0.0012		0.0004			0.0007	0.0013	0.001	0.0003
Phe	0.0004	0.0078	0.0053	0.0127	0.0032	0.0051	0.0063	0.0073	0.006	0.0045	0.004	0.0031	0.0076	0.0045	0.0115	0.0034
Flt	0.0019	0.0256		0.0533		0.0169		0.0312	0.0065	0.0177	0.0177	0.0107	0.0247	0.013	0.0142	0.0092
Pyr	0.0017	0.0225		0.0488		0.0155		0.0283	0.0056	0.0161	0.0173	0.0101	0.0235	0.0135	0.0101	0.0074
BaA	0.0008	0.0093		0.0217		0.0068		0.0136	0.0025	0.0069	0.0004	0.0046	0.0097	0.0044	0.0146	0.0033
Chr	0.0017	0.0233		0.0444		0.0136		0.0249	0.0056	0.0195		0.0085	0.0224	0.0132	0.0246	0.0073
BkF	0.0017	0.0199	0.0159	0.0307	0.0171	0.0127	0.0171	0.0278	0.0204	0.0153	0.0145	0.0093	0.0233	0.0136	0.0187	0.0055
BbF	0.0006	0.0064		0.0126		0.0045		0.0099	0.0073	0.0054	0.0051	0.0032	0.0076	0.0025	0.0067	0.0019
BaP	0.0008	0.0093		0.0218		0.0058		0.014	0.0106	0.009	0.0091	0.0059	0.0117	0.0092	0.0108	0.0032
DahA		0.0023
BghiP	0.0006	0.006				0.005		0.012	0.0049	0.0062	0.0003	0.0045	0.0092	0.0018	0.0049	0.0018
IcdP	0.0006	0.0064		0.0132		0.0053		0.0128	0.0053	0.0067	0.0061	0.0046	0.0099	0.0013	0.0058	0.0019
ΣPAHs	0.0109	0.1399	0.0212	0.2612	0.0204	0.0918	0.0234	0.183	0.0747	0.1078	0.0745	0.0646	0.1503	0.0783	0.1228	0.0451
LMW/HMW	1.55	1.79	0.33	2.34	0.19	1.75	0.37	1.39	1.12	1.35	0.54	1.53	1.43	1.76	1.62	2.16
IcdP/(IcdP + BghiP)	0.51	0.51				0.51		0.52	0.96	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.43	0.54	0.51
Flt/Pyr	1.18	1.14		1.09		1.09		1.10	1.02	1.06	1.16	1.10	1.05	0.96	1.41	1.24
Flt/(Flt + Pyr)	0.54	0.53		0.52		0.52		0.52	0.51	0.51	0.54	0.52	0.51	0.49	0.58	0.55

S, W, N, E, the directions of the world; 1, 2, distance from Krakow (15 and 35 km, respectively); C, coniferous stands; B, broadleaf stands; Acy, acenaphthylene; Phe, phenanthrene; Flt, fluoranthene; Pyr, pyrene; BaA, benzo(a)anthracene; Chr, chrysene; BkF, benzo(k)fluoranthene; BbF, benzo(b)fluoranthene; BaP, benzo(a)pyrene; IcdP, indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyren; DahA, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene; BghiP, benzo(g,h,i)perylene

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