Hualong Hong

TL;DR: It is concluded that Victoria Harbour is more polluted than Xiamen Harbour, and the structure of the benthic community provides further evidence to support this claim.

TL;DR: High PAH concentrations in water and pore water were significantly higher than those found in 1998, suggesting recent inputs of these compounds into the area and re-working of sediment phase, and the complexity of the partition behaviour of PAHs is likely to have caused mortality to certain exposed organisms.

TL;DR: The distribution profiles of these contaminants in water and sediments suggest that there are a number of sources contributing to total contaminant burden in the bay, including soil runoffs, wastewater discharges, sewage outfalls and shipping activites.

TL;DR: The ratios of selected PAHs indicated thatPAHs in Minjiang River Estuary were mainly derived from incomplete combustion of fossil fuel, indicating combustion-derived sources (for example, pyrolysis at high temperature).

TL;DR: The results showed that the levels of the total PCBs ranged from non-detectable to 1500 ngl(-1) in water, from 209 to 3870 ngl(1), in pore water, and from 2.78 to 14.8 ng g(1) dry weight in sediments as discussed by the authors.