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. 2021 Sep 10;12:734463. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.734463

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

The PAH-induced stress hierarchy. PAHs induce bodily stress above that of normal uncontaminated conditions. Salinity and Temperature may add to or mitigate the stress of PAH-burden. Photo-oxidized PAHs are far more toxic than their parent PAHs, and their increased potential to cause harm is represented by the break in the vertical bar.