James G. Quinn

TL;DR: Comparison of urban runoff PAH inputs to other sources entering Narragansett Bay showed that urban runoff accounted for 71 % of the total inputs for higher molecular weight PAHs and 36% of thetotal PAHS.

TL;DR: If these substances are concentrated in films only a few molecular layers thick on the water surface, the actual enrichment factor in the films may be well over 104, resulting in extremely high localized pollutant concentrations in the surface microlayer.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of surface sediments from eight stations and in clams (M. mercenaria) from three stations in Narrangansett Bay showed that both contain a very complex mixture of hydrocarbons which is present in crude oils and fuel oils.

TL;DR: The NIST "urban dust" standard reference material (SRM 1649a) is useful in this respect, in part because it comprises a considerable array of inorganic and organic species, and because it exhibits a large degree of ((14)C) isotopic heterogeneity, with biomass carbon source contributions ranging from about 2 % (essentially fossil aliphatic fraction) to about 32 % (polar fraction) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Comparisons of the uptake and depuration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in blue mussels revealed that the bioconcentration factors for PCBs were higher than those of PAHs when compounds with similar n-octanol/water partition coefficients were compared.