Quantitative assessment data of PAHs and N-PAHs in core sediments from the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Data in Brief

Kirk T. Semple¹  Francis D. Sikoki²  Ihuoma N. Anyanwu³ 

[1] Corresponding author at: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom.;Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom;Department of Biological Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, P.M.B 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria;

关键词: PAHs;    N-PAHs;    Sediment cores;    Niger Delta;    Nigeria;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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 503–2020 µg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, the data revealed that ƩPAHs level in the estuarine segments was > 45% higher than DPR/EGASPIN intervention limit. This gives insight on PAHs/N-PAHs contamination in the oil rich region.

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