Fig 1.
Map showing the sampling stations (A, B, C, D and E) at the western coast of Taiwan.
Fig 2.
Total concentrations of POPs in different stations (A, B, C, D, E); a. Seasonal variation. b. distribution at different depths (0 cm, 25 cm, and 50 cm).
Table 1.
Comparison of the POP concentrations (ng/g dw) in the sediments from the other coastal areas with the present study.
Fig 3.
Comparison of selected PAHs ratios for 42 sediment samples along the area of study.
Abbreviations refer to the ratios of fluoranthene plus pyrene (Fl/202), indeno[1, 2, 3-cd] pyrene (IP) to IP plus benzo[ghi]perylene (IP/276) and anthracene (An) to An plus phenanthrene (An/178).
Fig 4.
a. The PCA loading plot of sedimentary PAHs; b. Score plot illustrating the distribution of PAHs compounds in the sampled areas along PC1 and PC2 axis.
Fig 5.
The relationship between TOC (%) and t-PAH, t-PCB, t-DDT, and t-PBDE in ng/g dw.
Table 2.
Comparison of standard values set for toxicity (SQG and CCME values ng/g dw) with the POP concentrations in the sediments from this study.
Table 3.
The total concentrations and bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) of POPs in mud shrimps.