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References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Dar et al. (2008)
Echinopora
Gentniacea,lichinopora
gemmaceu, Lopophyllia
coiymbosa,
Gulaxiufusicularis,
Porites lutea
and Fubliu
sp.
Concentrated nitric acid
digestion
Bleached and
non-bleached specimen
of the samples
Fe
Zn
Cu
Pb
Co
Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (AAS)
Prouty et al. (2008)
Montastraea faveolata
Acid leaching, oxidising,
reducing using Miili-Q
water; nitric acid
Skeleton; annual growth
band
Al
B
Ba
Cd
Co
Cr
Cu
Fe
Mg
Mn
Ni
Pb
Sb
Sn
Sr
U
V
Zn
Ca
High-Resolution Double
Focusing Magnetic
Sector-Field Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometer
(HR-SF-ICP-MS)
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