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Table 4-1 



National Status and Trends Normalized PAH Data Compared to WLIS Samples 





LIHH 



LIHU 



LIMR 



LISI 



LITN 



WLI 



EAST 



SOUTH 



Low Molecular Weight 



















napthalene 



1.241 



0.296 



0.469 



5.203 



2.553 



1.791 



1.895 



1.438 



2-methyl napthalene 



0.750 



0.000 



0.096 



1.535 



2.919 



1.236 



1.031 



0.871 



acenaphthylene 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



1.899 



0.730 



1.402 



1.118 



acenaphthene 



0.275 



0.000 



0.000 



1.458 



0.903 



0.354 



0.479 



0.370 



fluorene 



0.749 



0.000 



0.173 



2.993 



1.866 



0.565 



0.646 



0.349 



phenanthrene 



4.360 



2.481 



4.641 



19.536 



12.000 



5.188 



3.704 



2.760 



anthracene 



1.393 



0.000 



1.047 



5.908 



5.424 



5.999 



1.358 



1.126 



Total LMW PAHs 



9 



3 



6 



37 



28 



16 



11 



8 



High Molecular Weight 



















fluoranthene 



9.286 



6.706 



11.390 



28.968 



23.171 



10.458 



6.609 



5.447 



pyrene 



9.359 



6.643 



10.516 



26.596 



25.699 



9.860 



18.373 



13.217 



benzo(a)anthracene 



4.108 



1.869 



4.507 



11.560 



14.357 



6.813 



4.720 



4.067 



chrysene 



6.246 



3.047 



6.592 



14.854 



17.694 



7.280 



5.592 



4.212 



benzo(b)fluoranthene 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



5.065 



0.814 



5.810 



4.648 



benzo(k)fluoranthene 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



3.741 



1.541 



6.173 



4.866 



benzo(a)pyrene 



5.625 



2.711 



5.628 



11.909 



16.181 



4.873 



5.737 



5.519 



dibenzo(a,h)anthracene 



0.283 



0.087 



0.870 



1.727 



1.776 



1.823 



0.392 



0.327 



benzo(g,h,i)perylene 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



3.775 



0.797 



0.392 



3.050 



indeno( 1 ,2,3-cd)pyrene 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



0.000 



3.683 



0.799 



0.392 



0.327 



Total LHW PAHs 



35 



21 



40 



96 



115 



45 



54 



46 



National Status and Trends (NS&T) values are averaged for each site over the period of time sampled. 



A value of zero indicates the result was below the detection limit. 



All data are normalized to the percent fine grain size (silt+clay) in that sample. 



NS&T Location Codes: LIHH LIS-Hempstead Harbor 



LIHU LIS-Huntington Harbor 



LIMR LIS-Mamaroneck 



LISI LIS-Sheffield Isand 



LITN LIS-Throgs Neck 



WLI Western Long Island Sound 



For specific locations of NS&T sites, see NOAA 1991. 



Monitoring Cruise at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site, July 1992 



