Table 1 Means, standard deviations (SD), median values, and minimum/ maximum polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) values ​​(ng g-1) in the liver and muscle tissue of the investigated sea turtles.

From: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tissues of sea turtles stranded on oil impacted beaches in Northeastern Brazil

PAH

Muscle

Liver

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

N

2.00

2.97

 < LQ

 < LQ

7.73

1.83

2.62

 < LQ

 < LQ

7.10

C1N

1.93

2.55

 < LQ

 < LQ

7.53

1.29

1.82

 < LQ

 < LQ

4.24

C2N

1.32

2.34

 < LQ

 < LQ

8.67

1.25

2.29

 < LQ

 < LQ

8.28

C3N

1.65

1.98

 < LQ

 < LQ

4.42

1.51

2.12

 < LQ

 < LQ

4.76

C4N

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

ACF

0.15

0.61

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.44

0.14

0.39

 < LQ

 < LQ

1.33

ACE

3.29

12.52

 < LQ

 < LQ

50.17

1.00

3.73

 < LQ

 < LQ

13.95

F

0.60

0.96

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.68

0.86

1.27

 < LQ

 < LQ

3.44

C1F

2.23

4.21

 < LQ

 < LQ

13.03

0.50

1.86

 < LQ

 < LQ

6.97

C2F

0.30

0.74

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.39

0.31

0.64

 < LQ

 < LQ

1.94

C3F

0.24

0.66

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.26

0.44

0.77

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.28

DBT

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

C1DBT

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

C2DBT

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

C3DBT

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

Ph

7.46

5.79

8.24

 < LQ

16.68

7.89

5.67

7.01

 < LQ

18.85

C1Ph

5.04

6.15

 < LQ

 < LQ

15.22

3.71

6.86

 < LQ

 < LQ

19.53

C2Ph

0.97

2.70

 < LQ

 < LQ

9.06

0.92

3.43

 < LQ

 < LQ

12.83

C3Ph

0.14

0.31

 < LQ

 < LQ

0.76

0.16

0.32

 < LQ

 < LQ

0.77

C4Ph

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

A

0.46

0.84

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.29

0.37

0.78

 < LQ

 < LQ

2.82

Fl

2.75

5.15

 < LQ

 < LQ

16.62

6.45

11.61

1.19

 < LQ

41.07

Py

22.62

45.84

7.00

 < LQ

141.75

4.28

3.86

2.34

 < LQ

10.81

C1Py

3.00

6.54

 < LQ

 < LQ

19.41

3.57

7.02

 < LQ

 < LQ

17.81

C2Py

2.87

4.82

 < LQ

 < LQ

12.03

2.47

4.94

 < LQ

 < LQ

12.79

BaA

2.63

2.22

1.26

 < LQ

6.70

1.42

1.51

0.95

 < LQ

4.10

Ch

2.73

3.76

 < LQ

 < LQ

12.77

0.98

1.64

 < LQ

 < LQ

4.35

C1Ch

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

C2Ch

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

BbFl

4.00

10.98

1.33

 < LQ

45.03

0.84

0.72

1.02

 < LQ

2.21

BkFl

0.07

0.18

 < LQ

 < LQ

0.47

0.04

0.15

 < LQ

 < LQ

0.56

BePy

1.25

1.73

 < LQ

 < LQ

5.59

7.02

24.14

 < LQ

 < LQ

90.79

BaPy

0.80

0.76

 < LQ

 < LQ

1.81

0.59

1.11

 < LQ

 < LQ

3.05

Per

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

I-Py

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

DBahA

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

 < LQ

BghiPer

1.21

1.88

 < LQ

 < LQ

6.34

0.34

0.86

 < LQ

 < LQ

3.16

16HPAngg

48.20

55.71

30.23

3.73

192.13

27.04

18.71

22.09

1.81

60.92

HPAtot_ng g

67.87

54.22

54.43

6.01

192.13

50.19

42.74

28.96

1.81

135.11

LMW

13.96

12.37

14.37

 < LQ

50.17

12.10

10.28

11.57

 < LQ

37.73

HMW

34.24

50.64

16.12

3.73

174.16

14.94

15.80

8.14

1.26

56.94

LMW/HMW

1.02

0.98

0.83

 < LQ

2.85

2.55

3.65

1.49

 < LQ

12.40

HPAs Alq

18.81

19.40

13.64

 < LQ

63.46

16.13

22.78

6.09

 < LQ

73.75

% 16HPAs

63.35

20.93

59.31

40.19

100.00

68.00

25.67

69.79

15.29

100.00

  1. LQ Limit of Quantification, N naphthalene, ACF acenaphthene, ACE acenaphthylene, F fluorene, A anthracene, Ph phenanthrene, Fl fluoranthene, Py pyrene, BaA benzo(A)anthracene, Ch chrysene, Bbfl benzo(B)fluoranthene, Bkfl benzo(K)fluoranthene, BaPy benzo(A)pyrene, I-Py indene(1,2,3-Cd)pyrene, BghiPe benzo(ghi)perylene, DBahA dibenzo(ah)anthracene, C1N C1-naphthalene, C2N C2-naphthalene, C3N C3-naphthalene, C4N C4-naphthalene, C1F C1-fluorene, C2F C2-fluorene, C3F C3-fluorene, DBT dibenzothiophene, C1DBT C1-dibenzothiophene, C2DBT C2-dibenzothiophene, C3DBT C3-dibenzothiophene, C1Ph C1-phenanthrene-anthracene, C2Ph C2-phenanthrene-anthracene, C3Ph C3-phenanthrene-anthracene, C4Ph C4-phenanthrene-anthracene, C1Ch C1-chrysene, C2Ch C2-chrysene, BePy benzo(e)pyrene, Pe perylene, ∑16PAH sum of the 16 main PAHs according to the USEPA, ∑37PAH sum of the 37 individual PAHs, ∑LMW Sum of low molecular weight PAHs, ∑HMW Sum of the high molecular weight PAHS, LMH/HMH Ratio between LMW and HMW PAH concentrations, ∑PAHalk Sum of the concentrations of alkylated PAHs, %∑16PAH Percentage ∑16PAH, %∑alk Percentage %∑alk, *14 compounds were detected among the 16 priority compounds and 26 among the total of 37 compounds included in the method.
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