Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in seafood caught in Western and Central Mediterranean from 1981 to 2019

The present database contains the harmonised results of investigations on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seafood caught from FAO fishing divisions 37.1.3 (Sardinia), 37.2.1 (Adriatic) and 37.2.2 (Ionian), in Western and Central Mediterranean Sea. Of the 10,704 records included in the database, 5790 were extracted from a database on contaminants in Mediterranean biota available at https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/data (accessed on 01/12/2021), while the other 4,914 come from 38 scientific publications from peer-reviewed journals. The database was compiled along the lines of the work of Cinnirella and colleagues (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899723) on mercury concentration in Mediterranean biota. The following parameters have been retrieved when available: Country; Location; FAO fishing division; Sea where sampling took place; Latitude; Longitude; Taxonomic class; Taxonomic order; Taxonomic Family; Species scientific name; Species common name; Marine habitat; Trophic level; Sampling depth; Sample length; Sample weight; Age; Sex; Sampled tissue; PAH analysed; Molecular weight of analysed PAHs; Origin of analysed PAHs; Tissue water content; Mean PAH concentration; Minimum PAH concentration; Maximum PAH concentration; Sample size; Sampling period; Sampling date; Sampling season; State of the organism; Reference source; Sampling year. Moreover, two health risk indexes were calculated for each record, based on FAOSTAT data on seafood consumption in Italy (FAOSTAT, 2017), and included in the database.

本数据库收录了西地中海及中地中海海域联合国粮食及农业组织（Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO）渔区37.1.3（撒丁岛）、37.2.1（亚得里亚海）和37.2.2（爱奥尼亚海）捕捞海产品中多环芳烃（polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs）调查的标准化结果。该数据库共包含10704条记录，其中5790条提取自公开于https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/data（2021年12月1日访问）的地中海生物群污染物数据库，剩余4914条来自38篇同行评议期刊刊载的科学文献。本数据库的构建参考了Cinnirella及其团队关于地中海生物群汞浓度的研究工作（https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899723）。在数据可获取的情况下，本库收录以下参数：采样国家、采样地点、FAO渔区、采样海域、纬度、经度、分类纲、分类目、分类科、物种学名、物种通用名、海洋生境、营养级、采样深度、样本长度、样本重量、样本年龄、样本性别、采样组织、分析的多环芳烃种类、分析的多环芳烃的分子量、分析的多环芳烃来源、组织含水量、多环芳烃平均浓度、多环芳烃最低浓度、多环芳烃最高浓度、样本量、采样周期、采样日期、采样季节、生物体状态、参考文献来源以及采样年份。此外，本数据库基于FAOSTAT发布的意大利海产品消费数据（FAOSTAT, 2017），为每条记录计算了两项健康风险指数并纳入库中。