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Concentration, Distribution and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediments from Lijiang River, South China

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Concentrations, distributions and sources of PAHs were investigated in surface sediments from Lijiang River, South China. The total PAHs concentrations ranged from 160  to 602 ng g−1 dry weight.The total PAHs concentrations from different area descended in the order: middle reach > upper reach > down reach. Based on the PAHs indicators and the surrounding along Lijiang River, PAHs were mainly derived from the burning of coal. The ecological risk assessment suggested that the probability of negative toxic effective caused by PAHs in Lijiang River was lower than 25 %.

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This study was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2010GXNSFE013006) and NSFC(41273139,41001271).

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  1. School of Environment Studies, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Baoming Xue, Yinghui Wang, Dan Zhang, Jinlian Zhang, Bing Leng, Wenyu Huang & Zhenghua Chen

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Xue, B., Wang, Y., Zhang, D. et al. Concentration, Distribution and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediments from Lijiang River, South China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90, 446–450 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0954-7

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