. "I Estimating Land-based Sources of Oil in the Sea." Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.
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Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects
TABLE I-19 Comparison of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Loading Estimates from Land-based Sources from this Work and Other Studies
Hydrocarbon Loading (tonne yr−1)
Reference
Comments
Low
Best Estimate
High
World estimates
Baker (1983)
Petroleum hydrocarbons from municipal wastes, industrial waste, and runoff
700,000
1,400,000
2,800,000
National Research Council (1985)
World estimate of land-based sources
600,000
1,200,000
3,100,000
Van Vleet and Quinn (1978)
Petroleum hydrocarbons from municipal wastes only based on Rhode Island treatment plants
—
200,000
—
This work
World estimate of land-based sources
6,800
141,000
5,000,000
Ratio (this work: National Research Council [1985]
0.01
0.12
1.61
North American estimates
Eganhouse and Kaplan (1982)
US input of petroleum hydrocarbons based on mass emission rate for wastewater effluent in southern California
—
120,600
—
This work
North American estimate of land-based sources
2,500
52,000
1,800,000
TABLE I-20 Comparisons of Total PAH Concentrations in Literature, Baker (2001), and Michel (2001)
Reference
Description
Range or Average Measured Total PAH Concentrations (ng L−1)
