114 
Table 35: Literature survey of reported PCA concentrations in sediments world-wide and comparison 
with additional samples analysed during this study by El-MS/MS to increase the data base for compa 
rison. All data are given in ng/g dry weight (dw). No TOC data were available for literature data 
Sampling site 
Literature 
sPCAs[ng/g dw] 
Harbour Hamburg, Germany 
1 
17 
Lake, Canada 
2 
4.5-147 
Lake, Switzerland 
3 
5 
River, USA 
4 
70 
Lake, Canada 
4 
1.6-257 
Harbour, Canada 
5 
6-290 
River Detroit 
1 
1800 
Rivers, Germany 
6 
<5-83 
River, Czech Republic 
7 
5-181 
River, Spain 
8 
250-3'260 
Sampling site 
Literature 
mPCAs[ng/g dw] 
Lake, Canada 
1 
68 
Harbour, Canada 
9 
290 
Rivers, Germany 
6 
<10-370 
Sea, Australia 
10 
1'108-16'403 
Sampling site, this study 
TOC[%] 
Total PCAs Total PCAs 
[ng/g dw]* [pig/g TOC] 
River/sea sediments 
Seine estuary 1, 49°27.1'N/0°1.13'E, 03.2004 
1.6 
147 
6.7 
Seine estuary 2, 49°27.6'N/0°3.3'E, 03.2004 
0.07 
84 
120 
Seine estuary 3, 49°28.0'N/0°38.4'E, 03.2004 
0.8 
87 
10.9 
Hamburg harbour, 1, 12.2003 
3.1 
116 
3.7 
Hamburg harbour 2, 02.2004 
3.0 
102 
3.4 
Hamburg harbour 3, 12.2003 
2.2 
154 
7.0 
Tromsp 1, 69°38.6'N/18°57.1 'E, 10.2002 
1.8 
103 
5.7 
Tromsp 2, 69°38.6'N/18°57.0'E, 10.2002 
2.4 
71 
2.9 
Suspended particulate matter 
Elbe, 08.2002 
7.9 
214 
3.1 
North Sea 1, 51°30.0'N/2°40.0'E - 
5.7 
181 
3.2 
50°0.0'N/2°0.0'E, 07.2002 
North Sea 2, 54°9.8'N/6°20.9'E, 08.2002 
10.7 
293 
2.7 
Neckar 1 km 8, 5 August 2002 
5.7 
152 
2.7 
km 8, 2 September 2002 
3.6 
km 8, 25 November 2002 
5.9 
km 8, 16 December 2002 
5.0 
Neckar 2 km 165, 7 August 2002 
3.4 
530 
15.6 
Rhine km 334, 3 August 2002 
5.2 
187 
3.6 
km 334, 4 September 2002 
1.9 
km 334, 18 December 2003 
4.4 
1: Stern et al. (2000); 2: Muir et al. (2000b); 3: Schmid and Muller (1985); 4: Tomy et al. (1999a); 5: 
Marvin et al. (2003); 6: WHO (1996); Stejnarova et al. (2005); 8: Parera et al. (2004); 9: Muir et al. 
(2000); 10: Kemmlein et al. (2002). *: relative to frans-chlordane.