Table 1. Summary of individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in sediments from two Murrells Inlet Estuary sites (MIE A and MIE B) for the October 1998 (Fall) and May 1999 (Spring) toxicity tests (ng/g dry weight). North Inlet Estuary (NIE) control site data is from Fortner et al. 1996.

PAH  
1996
  
Fall
  
Spring
   
NIE
  
MIE A
  
MIE B
  
MIE A
  
MIE B
Anthracene  
2
  
92.5
  
17.6
  
55.4
  
85.1
Fluoranthene  
14
  
208
  
107
  
190
  
178
Pyrene  
19
  
161
  
84.1
  
139
  
130
Benzo(a)anthracene  
11
  
110
  
49.3
  
79.8
  
66.4
Chrysene  
11
  
219
  
92.9
  
115
  
116
Benzo(b)fluoranthene  
14
  
217
  
122
  
106
  
126
Benzo(k)fluoranthene  
26
  
84.8
  
41.5
  
92.3
  
90.6
Benzo(a)pyrene  
17
  
109
  
46.2
  
79.8
  
87.4
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene  
16
  
73.9
  
35.8
  
50.4
  
52.5
Naphthalene  
...
  
32
  
208
  
21
  
42.2
1-Methylnaphthalene  
...
  
15.2
  
116
  
< 7.38
  
13.3
2-Methylnaphthalene  
...
  
25.3
  
203
  
13.6
  
27.6
Biphenyl  
...
  
< 16
  
33.8
  
< 11.6
  
< 18.2
2,6 Dimethylnaphthalene  
...
  
11.1
  
90.1
  
< 6.87
  
11.5
Acenaphthene  
...
  
< 16.4
  
30.3
  
< 11.9
  
< 18.6
Acenaphthylene  
...
  
9.39
  
31.8
  
< 3.1
  
< 4.85
2,3,5 Trimethylnaphthalene  
...
  
< 4.73
  
9.15
  
< 3.44
  
< 5.37
Fluorene  
...
  
9.78
  
8.56
  
12.1
  
17.9
1-Methylphenanthrene  
...
  
< 9.39
  
< 9.03
  
< 6.82
  
< 10.7
Perylene  
...
  
40.2
  
18
  
25.2
  
35.9
Ideno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene  
...
  
86.9
  
37.6
  
62.3
  
63.9
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene  
...
  
16.7
  
9.97
  
13.1
  
13.2
Total PAH  
139
  
1568.3
  
1193
  
1179.1
  
1288.5