TABLE 1 



Concentration of benzo(a)pyrene in plankton in the 

 Bering and Chukchi Seas. August 1988. 



Area of 

 Investigation 



Station Concentration of Benzo(a)pvrene 



No. In water, at In plankton 



collect site ng/kg wet wt. (C,) 



ng/1 (C.) 



Accumulation Factor 



for Plankton 



(C./C,) 



East Polygon 

 Test Area 



52 



4.0x 10' 



Gulf of Anadyr 



9 

 13 

 16 



2.1 

 0.8 

 3.1 



835 

 70 

 40 



39 X 10' 

 8.8 X 10' 

 I.3x 10' 



North Polygon 

 Chukchi Sea 



Chirikov basin 



36 



47 

 49 

 50 



52 

 56 

 57 



72 



89 



92 



100 



2.7 



8.4 

 12.5 



7.2 



6.4 

 0.9 



1.7 



1.4 

 4.3 

 6.8 



5.2 



1.020 



560 

 1,260 



378 



459 

 90 

 22 



200 



86 



63 



137 



1,063 



38 X 10' 



TABLE 2 



Concentration of benzo(a)pyrene in neuston of the Bering and 

 Chukchi Seas, August 1988. 



Sampling Area 



Station Number 



Concentration of Benzo(a)pyrene 

 (|ig/kg wet wt.) 



East Polygon Test Area 



2.5 

 1.2 

 1.94 



Gulf of Anadyr 



16 



22 

 27 



2.43 

 lO.O 

 3.0 



Chukchi Sea 



50 

 53 

 56 

 69 



74 



0.7 

 0.6 



0.7; 0.8 

 7.8 

 1.9 



313 



