Table 6: Estimated Daily intake (EDI) of PAHs via fish ingestion.

 

Sampou

Gbarain

Nembe

EDI

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Naphthalene

0.0003

0.0001

0.0003

0.000

0.0002

0.000

Acenaphthylene

0.0164

0.0031

0.0194

0.0034

0.0052

0.0011

Fluorene

0.0008

0.0001

0.0013

0.0002

0.0009

0.0002

Acenaphthene

0.0010

0.0002

0.0005

0.0001

0.0004

0.0001

Phenanthrene

0.0014

0.0003

0.0006

0.0001

0.0007

0.0002

Anthracene

0.0016

0.0003

0.0004

0.0001

0.0016

0.0003

Fluoranthene

0.0016

0.0003

0.0020

0.0003

0.0016

0.0003

Pyrene

0.0127

0.0024

0.0067

0.0012

0.0155

0.0034

Benzo(a)anthracene

0.0046

0.0009

0.0055

0.0010

0.0061

0.0013

Chrysene

0.0120

0.0023

0.0031

0.0005

0.0125

0.0027

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

0.0009

0.0002

0.0004

0.0001

0.0017

0.0004

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

0.0052

0.0010

0.0027

0.0005

0.0032

0.0007

Benzo(a)pyrene

0.0012

0.0002

0.0002

0.0000

0.0007

0.0001

Dibenz(a,h) anthracene

0.0042

0.0008

0.0026

0.0005

0.0025

0.0005

Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

0.0106

0.0020

0.0044

0.0008

0.0105

0.0023

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene

0.0030

0.0006

0.0023

0.0004

0.0022

0.0005

Total

0.0774

0.0147

0.0525

0.0093

0.0656

0.0141

Sampou > Nembe > Gbarain (The difference between each was not statistically significant; p-value = 0.586, df:2; Kruskal Wallis: 1.070