AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
Table 5.9.5: Sum concentrations of PAH (µg/kg ww) in invertebrates and macroalgae
from three locations in Southern Greenland. Sand hopper: Gammarus sp. Periwinkle:
Littorina saxatilis. Arctic wrack: Fucus distichus. Sweet tangle: Laminaria saccarina.
Sea lettuce: Ulva lactuca. LMW/HMW: Ratio of sum 2-3 ringed compounds to 4-7
ringed. Perylene/
S
Penta-PAH: Ratio of perylene to sum 5 ringed PAH. n=2 for
periwinkle, others n=1.
Species
Station
Year
S
PAH
S higher
PAH
LMW/
HMW
Alkylated
/ S PAH
Perylene/
S Penta-PAH
Sand hopper
B
1999
98
57
4.1
0.5
0.2
Lugworm
C
1999
370
320
1.1
0.2
0.2
Periwinkle
C
1999
45
22
2.8
0.4
0.2
Bladder wrack
B
2000
66
37
1.9
0.6
0.5
Bladder wrack
C
2000
66
34
2.1
0.6
0.8
Bladder wrack
D
2000
41
34
-
0.4
0.9
Arctic wrack
B
2000
43
32
-
0.3
0.9
Sweet tangle
B
2000
43
8.8
3.4
0.6
0.3
Sea lettuce
B
2000
52
17
2.0
0.6
0.3
Enteromorpha
B
2000
24
6.9
2.7
0.6
0.1
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