TABLE 3 
COMPARATIVE PAH BUDGETS - MASSACHUSETTS BAY VS. NEW YORK 
BIGHT APEX. 
ng/g 
dry weight 
ng/cm3 
ng/cm2 a 
g/km 2 
Areas 
(km 2) 
kg PAH 
New York Bight Apex^ 
- 
Dredged Material Dumpsite 
5000 
10000 
20000 
200000 
6 
1200 
Sewage Sludge Dumpsite 
3000 
6000 
12000 
120000 
16 
1920 
Christianensen Basin 
10000 
20000 
40000 
400000 
130 
52000 
Outer Bight 
100 
200 
400 
4000 
850 
3400 
Total PAH (kg) = 
58520 
Massachusetts Bay c 
kg PAH/km 2 = 
58.5 
Region 2 
1600 
3200 
6400 
6400 
2310 
148000 
Region 3 
960 
1920 
3840 
38400 
1810 
69500 
Total PAH (kg) = 
217500 
kg PAH/km 2 = 
52.8 
a - 2 cm thick 
b - Data Sources = Boehm, 1982; Boehm et al., 1984; MacLeod et al., 1981; O'Connor et 
al., 1982; Part 2 of this study 
c - Define Source 
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