Quantitative assessment data of PAHs and N-PAHs in core sediments from the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
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SUBMITTER: Anyanwu IN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
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Quantitative assessment data of PAHs and N-PAHs in core sediments from the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Anyanwu Ihuoma N IN Sikoki Francis D FD Semple Kirk T KT
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Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) pollution has been the focus of environmental research, mostly due to their mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and genotoxicity. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the nitrogen-containing analogues (N-PAHs) (which tend to accumulate in sediments rather than water) was measured in 2 cm intervals segments from Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta using GC-MS. Data showed that PAHs/N-PAHs levels ranged from 8699 to 22,528 µg/kg and 50 ...[more]
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