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4 Analytical Techniques
(continued)
References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Madkour (2005)
Stylophora wellesi,
Acropora humilis,
Acropora hemprichii,
Acropora hyacinthus,
Pocillopora damicornis,
Millepora complanata
and Millepora dichotoma
Porites lutea,
and Porites compressa
Acid digestion in a Teflon
cup using a mixture of
conc. nitric, perchloric
and
hydrofluoric acids, (3: 2:
1)
respectively
Whole sample
Fe
Mn
Zn
Cu
Pb
Ni
Co
Cd
Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (AAS)
Reichelt-Brushett and
Harrison (2005)
Acropora tenuis
Acropora longicyathus
Goniastrea aspera
Goniastrea retiformis
Acid not specified
Sperm-free seawater
Cu
Pb
Zn
Cd
Ni
Graphite Furnace Atomic
Absorption
Spectrophotometry
(GFAAS)
Al-Rousan et al. (2007) Porites
X-ray/EPA #3050..acid
digestion of nitric acid
and hydrogen peroxide
Skeleton
Cd
Cu
Fe
Mn
Zn
Pb
Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (FAAS)
Mitchelmore et al.
(2007)
Pocillopora damicornis
Nitric acid and hydrogen
peroxide
Coral homogenate and
tissues
Cu
Cd
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectroscopy (ICPMS)
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