Table 5. Bioaccumulation factors of PAHs in gelatinous zooplankton exposed to different concentrations of crude oil (1–25 µL L−1).
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Aurelia aurita (scyphozoan) | Mnemiopsis leidyi (ctenophore) | ||||
| Crude oil exposure conc. (µL L−1) | Crude oil exposure conc. (µL L−1) | |||||
| (PAHs) | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| Chrysene | 105 | 56 | 20 | 197 | 43 | 10 |
| Phenanthrene | 18 | 3 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| Pyrene | 313 | 94 | 21 | 147 | 29 | 4 |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | - | - | - | 185 | 65 | 10 |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | - | - | - | 199 | 55 | 6 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | - | - | - | - | 76 | 24 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | - | - | - | 102 | 23 | 5 |
The hash symbol indicates that bioaccumulation was not detected (i.e., the concentration of the PAH was similar or lower than respective control treatments).