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Table 2014.08C. Statistical results for the studied PAHs at three different concentration levels in mussel after elimination of
statistical outliers
PAH
No. of
laboratories
No. of
replicates
Mean
concn, µg/kg
Mean
recovery, % s
r
, µg/kg
s
R
, µg/kg RSD
r
, % RSD
R
, % HorRat
1,7-DMP
10
20
38.1
95.3
5.7
8.8
14.9
23.2
0.89
9
18
39.4
98.6
4.6
8.3
11.7
21.1
0.81
10
20
38.9
97.3
4.6
8.9
11.9
22.8
0.87
1-MN
10
20
19.3
96.5
3.1
4.5
16.2
23.2
0.80
10
20
96.9
96.9
9.0
19.2
9.2
19.8
0.87
8
16
208.7
104.4
26.6
26.6
12.7
12.7
0.63
1-MP
9
18
9.8
98.1
0.7
1.8
7.2
18.0
0.56
9
18
45.8
91.6
5.3
9.6
11.6
21.0
0.82
9
18
117.2
93.7
10.2
24.4
8.7
20.8
0.94
2,6-DMN
10
20
13.8
91.9
1.5
2.9
11.2
20.7
0.68
8
16
65.4
87.2
3.1
13.6
4.8
20.7
0.86
10
20
153.8
87.9
10.7
36.8
6.9
23.9
1.13
3-MC
10
20
9.9
98.6
0.7
1.7
7.6
16.7
0.52
10
20
87.2
96.8
4.1
10.9
4.7
12.5
0.54
10
20
138.0
95.2
3.8
16.7
2.8
12.1
0.56
Ant
10
20
3.9
77.9
0.3
1.3
6.7
32.5
0.88
9
18
13.0
86.8
1.7
3.2
12.8
24.8
0.81
9
18
31.5
78.8
1.4
7.9
4.6
25.0
0.93
BaA
10
20
4.3
85.1
0.3
0.7
6.9
15.9
0.44
10
20
21.5
85.9
1.1
2.3
5.1
10.9
0.38
8
16
52.6
87.7
1.3
2.2
2.5
4.2
0.17
BaP
9
18
1.6
79.2
0.1
0.3
5.6
20.5
0.49
9
18
8.1
80.5
0.6
1.4
6.9
17.7
0.54
9
18
19.3
77.3
0.6
2.6
3.0
13.4
0.46
BbF
10
20
4.7
94.4
0.3
0.5
7.2
10.6
0.30
10
20
27.1
90.2
1.9
2.8
6.9
10.2
0.37
10
20
69.1
92.1
2.1
5.8
3.0
8.4
0.35
BghiP
9
18
2.0
98.1
0.1
0.2
4.9
10.6
0.26
10
20
9.3
92.7
0.4
1.1
4.4
12.1
0.37
10
20
17.9
89.6
0.6
1.5
3.2
8.6
0.29
BkF
9
18
1.9
97.4
0.1
0.2
7.2
10.3
0.25
10
20
18.5
92.7
1.1
2.4
6.2
12.8
0.44
10
20
36.6
91.5
1.0
3.8
2.7
10.4
0.40
Chr
10
20
14.2
94.4
0.8
1.3
5.7
9.5
0.31
10
20
91.6
91.6
4.1
8.6
4.5
9.4
0.41
10
20
159.8
91.3
4.9
11.8
3.1
7.4
0.35
DBahA
10
20
1.9
93.1
0.2
0.2
9.1
11.2
0.27
10
20
9.1
90.5
0.5
1.2
5.4
13.5
0.41
10
20
13.6
90.8
0.5
1.2
4.0
8.5
0.28
Fln
10
20
5.4
107.7
0.2
0.6
3.5
10.6
0.30
10
20
25.5
101.8
1.0
1.9
3.7
7.6
0.27
9
18
48.1
96.2
1.7
2.4
3.5
4.9
0.20
Flt
9
18
10.2
102.4
1.1
1.4
10.7
13.2
0.41
10
20
48.9
97.7
2.7
4.3
5.5
8.8
0.35
9
18
93.3
93.3
4.9
6.6
5.3
7.1
0.31
IcdP
10
20
2.0
97.7
0.1
0.2
7.3
11.3
0.28
10
20
9.4
93.7
0.5
1.1
5.6
11.9
0.37
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