Table 1.

PAHs measured, their abbreviations, and the soil extracts that contained them. Where more than two fractions are listed, the first fraction was the primary fraction. Nitrated PAHs were not detected in study above LOD 0.3 ng g⁻¹.

Unsubstituted, methyl PAHs	Abbr.	Primary Fraction	OPAHs	Abbr.	Primary Fraction	NPAHs	Abbr.	Primary Fraction
Naphthalene	NAP	A	9-Fluorenone	9FLO	C	1-Nitronaphthalene	1NNAP	B
2-Methylnaphthalene	2MNAP	A	1,4-Naphthoquinone	1,4NQ	C	2-Nitronaphthalene	2NNAP	B
1-Methylnaphthalene	1MNAP	A	Acenaphthenequinone	ACEN	B	2-Nitrobiphenyl	2NBP	B
2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	2,6MNAP	A	Phenanthrene-1,4-dione	1,4PD	B	3-Nitrobiphenyl	3NBP	B
1,3-Dimethylnaphthalene	1,3MNAP	A	9,10-Anthraquinone	9,10AQ	B	4-Nitrobiphenyl	4NBP	B
Acenaphthylene	ACEY	A	1,4-Anthraquinone	1,4AQ	B	3-Nitrodibenzofuran	3NBF	B
Acenaphthene	ACE	A	2-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone	2M9,10AQ	C	5-Nitroacenaphthene	5NACE	B
Fluorene	FLU	A	2-Ethyl-9,10-Anthraquinone	2E9,10AQ	B	2-Nitrofluorene	2NF	B
Phenanthrene	PHE	A	9,10-Phenanthrenequinone	9,10PQ	C	9-Nitroanthracene	9NANT	B
Anthracene	ANT	A	Benzo[a]fluorenone	BaF	B	9-Nitrophenanthrene	9NPHE	B
2-Methylphenanthrene	2MPHE	A	Benzanthrone	BZ	B	2-Nitrodibenzothiophene	2DBT	B
2-Methylanthracene	2MANT	A	Aceanthrenequinone	ACEAN	C	3-Nitrophenanthrene	3NPHE	B
1-Methylphenanthrene	1MPHE	A	Benzo[c]phenanthrene-[1,4]quinone	Bc1,4Q	B	2-Nitroanthracene	2NANT	B
3,6-Dimethylphenanthrene	3,6MPHE	A	7,12-Benzo[a]anthracene dione	7,12BaAD	B	2-Nitrofluoranthene	2NF	B
Fluoranthene	FLA	A	Benzo[cd]pyrenone	BcdP	B	3-Nitrofluoranthene	3NF	B
Pyrene	PYR	A	5,12-Napthacenequinone	5,12NQ	C	1-Nitropyrene	1-NP	B
Retene	RET	A	1,6-Benzo[a]pyrene quinone	1,6BaPQ	C	2-Nitropyrene	2NP	B
Benz[c]fluorene	BcF	A	HPAHs			2,8-Dinitrodibenzothiophene	2-NP	B
1-Methylpyrene	1MPYR	A	2-Methylbenzofuran	2MBZ	C	7-Nitrobenz[a]anthracene	2NBaA	B
Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene	CdeP	A	Thianapthene	THN	B	1-Nitrotriphenylene	1-NTRI	B
Benzo(a)anthracene	BaA	A	Quinoline	QUI	E, F	6-Nitrochyrsene	6NChr	B
Chrysene + Triphenylene	CHR+TRI	A	Indole	IND	E, F	3-Nitrobenzanthrone	3NBZ	B
6-Methylchrysene	6MCHR	A	8-Methylquinoline	8MQ	C	2-Nitrotriphenylene	2NTRI	B
Benzo(b)fluoranthene	BbF	A	Dibenzofuran	DBF	A	1,3-Dinitropyrene	1,3NP	B
Benzo(k)fluoranthene	BkF	A	Xanthene	XAN	B	1,6-Dinitropyrene	1,6NP	B
Benz[j][e]aceanthrylene	BjeA	A	5,6-Benzoquinoline	5,6BQ	A	1,8-Dinitropyrene	1,8NP	B
Benz(e)pyrene	BeP	A	Acridine	ACR	B	6-Nitrobenzo(a)pyrene	6-NBaP	B
Benzo(a)pyrene	BaP	A	Carbazole	CAR	A, B
Dibenz(a,c)anthracene	DacP/DahP	A	Dibenzothiophene	DBZ	A, B
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	IcdP	A
Benzo(ghi)perylene	BghiP	A
Anthranthrene	ANTH	A