Compound Age/day Degradation %
Lyngbya lagerlerimi Nostoc linckia Oscillatoria rubescens Chlorella vulgaris Elkatothrix viridis Volvox aureus
Naphthalene 3
5
7		 14.94
22.68
22.69		 47.68
47.69
47.71		 0.0
0.0
2.13		 75.47
83..30
83..37		 57. 66
92. 27
92. 28		 40.78
40.79
40.82
Anthracene 3
5
7		 22.71
26.27
26.29		 2.49
3.55
3.57		 57.43
76.45
76.47		 28.60
28.62
28.63		 12.88
12.89
12.90		 0.0
0.0
3.04
Table 2: Degradation of different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by different algae.