Table 3: Features of the organic pollution of the sites monitored, 1995-1998.
Type of organic pollutant | Site | Year | Type of sample |
A. Homologous series | |||
Polynuclear aromatic | Bao shan, Site B | 1995/96 | Core sediment |
Hydrocarbons | Suzhou creek | 1997 | Core sediment |
Wu song kou, Site C | 1995/1996 | Core sediment | |
Linear alkyl benzenes | Bao shan, Site B | 1995/1996 | Core sediment, Surface sediment Vegetation |
Dong hai nong Chang, Site E | 1995 | Surface sediment | |
B. Unique organic compounds | |||
Hexachlorobenzene | Bao shan, Site B | 1995 | Core sediment, 17-43 cm depth |
Phenyl-β-naphthylamine | Wu song kou, Site C | 1995 | Core sediment, Localised at 57 cm |
Jiu duansha island | 1998 | Core sediment | |
N, N-diethylamide-3-methyl benzamide | Wu song kou, Site C | 1996 | Core sediment, 1-13 cm depth |
Dichlorobenzene | Suzhou creek | 1996 | Core sediment, Depth 15-30 cm |
2,6-diisopropyl naphthalene | Bao shan, Site B | 1995/96 | Surface sediment |
C. Human waste/Hormone related | |||
Sterols indicated by sterenes | Site C | 1996 | Core sediment |
Suzhou creek | 1998 | Various depths | |
Sites B, C, and D | 1995 | Surface sediment |