Distribution of oil, grease and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal water and sediments of Suez Bay

Figures & Tables

site	LPAHs (2–3 rings)		HPAHs (4–6 rings)		LPAHs/HPAHs		FLU/PYR		PHE/ANT
site	W (ng l⁻¹)	S (ng g⁻¹)	W (ng l⁻¹)	S (ng g⁻¹)	W	S	W	S	W	S
1	1.019	0.575	13.716	177.261	0.07	0.00	0	-	-	0
2	0.502	1.171	0.000	11.203	∞	0.10	-	0	-	0
3	0.727	334.239	0.937	2069.393	0.78	0.16	-	0	-	0.57
4	5.297	4.252	BDL	2456.395	∞	0.00	-	0	2.01	0
5	BDL	4.318	BDL	31.077	-	0.14	-	0	-	1.21
6	BDL	BDL	21.644	169.064	0.00	0.00	∞	-	-	-
7	BDL	BDL	16.733	492.426	0.00	0.00	-	0	-	-
8	1.796	71.865	24.827	6370.110	0.07	0.01	∞	0.03	-	0.31
9	3.878	130.909	12.342	17 538.434	0.31	0.01	0	0.18	-	1.06
10	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	3.394	4.834	110.602	11 670.158	0.03	0.00	1.03	0.15	-	0
12	3.892	0.000	20.669	2127.562	0.19	0.00	0	0	∞	-
13	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	-	-	0	-	-	0

reference(place, year)	PI mg O₂ l⁻¹	O&G mg l⁻¹	TPAHs
reference(place, year)	PI mg O₂ l⁻¹	O&G mg l⁻¹	seawater (ng l⁻¹) dominant PAH	sediment (ng g⁻¹) dominant PAH
this work(SB, 2018)	12.4	25.6	13.6PYR, FLU, CHR	3359CHR
Soliman et al. 2017(SB, 2013–2014)	17.1–18.87*	14.7–28.0
Emara et al. 2013(GS, 2013)	36.8–296*
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a Proposed Methanol Facility in Damietta Port (Draft Report), 2006(Damietta port, 2006)	22.5–585*
Eed et al. 2016(port Tawfik – El Ain Sokhna, 2016)		81.7
State of Oil Pollution and Management in Suez Gulf Region 2008(SB, 2004–2005)		4–213
Eed et al. 2016(GS, 2016)		4–14
Soliman et al. 2017(SB, 2013–2014)		14.7–90.9
Ahmed et al. 2015(drainage basin of Suez Oil Petroleum Company, 2014)			65–2 338 413NAP, ACE, FLU, PHE, ANT	65–2 338 413NAP, ACE, FLU, PHE, ANT
El-Agroudy et al. 2007(GS, 2004–2005)			33–2410
El-Agroudy et al. 2007(GS, 2011)			160FLU, bANT, PYR, iPYR, bkFLA	103–208FLU, bANT, PYR, iPYR, bkFLA
Ali et al. 2006(Suez Canal, 2005)			520–3 393 000inPYR	586–8593inPYR
Soliman et al. 2019(Arab Gulf, 2014–2015)				112PHE, ANT, CHR
Azab et al. 2012(SB, 2013)				719 000
Jaward et al. 2012(an estuary in Mexico, 2007)			9–347PHE, PYR, NAP	27–418PHE, PYR, NAP

environmental parameter	factor	PI	OG	TPAHs in sediment	TPAHs in water	T	pH	TDS	Cl	DO	BOD	NH₄	NO₂	NO₃	PO₄	SiO₄	Chl a	TRIX
PI	PCn	1	−0.092	0.231	0.499	0.104	−0.411	−0.114	−0.336	–0.022	−0.1	0.363	−0.067	–0.003	−0.539	−0.101	−0.711(**)	−0.476
	S2t		0.766	0.447	0.099	0.736	0.163	0.71	0.262	0.942	0.746	0.222	0.828	0.992	0.057	0.742	0.006	0.1
	N	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
OG	PCn	−0.092	1	−0.21	0.445	0.06	0.447	0.06	0.275	0.157	−0.081	0.064	0.237	0.277	0.502	0.318	0.352	0.478
	S2t	0.766		0.49	0.148	0.845	0.125	0.845	0.362	0.609	0.792	0.835	0.436	0.359	0.08	0.289	0.239	0.099
	N	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
TPAHs in sediment	PCn	0.231	−0.21	1	0.072	0.596(*)	0.083	0.487	−0.198	0.211	0.001	0.254	0.167	0.219	−0.046	0.361	−0.255	0.037
	S2t	0.447	0.49		0.824	0.031	0.788	0.092	0.517	0.488	0.996	0.403	0.586	0.472	0.881	0.226	0.401	0.903
	N	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
TPAHs in water	PCn	0.499	0.445	0.072	1	0.278	0.164	0.187	−0.059	0.3	0.21	0.243	0.237	0.281	0.169	0.384	−0.322	0.149
	S2t	0.099	0.148	0.824		0.381	0.61	0.561	0.855	0.343	0.512	0.446	0.458	0.375	0.601	0.217	0.307	0.645
	N	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Site no.	Site name	PI mg O₂ l⁻¹	O&G mg l⁻¹
1	naval base	16.0	17
2	port Tawfik	9.6	33
3	Courniche	10.4	20
4	Salakhana	10.4	24
5	Pilgrim Village	12.0	29
6	Nasr Petroleum Company	13.6	37
7	Cabanon drain	10.4	23
8	Fertilizers and Misr-Iran Companies	14.4	22
9	Attaqa Electrical Station	12.8	25
10	NIOF	12.0	20
11	Kazak Hassan	13.6	21
12	Attaka	14.4	35
13	Adabiya	11.2	27