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4 Analytical Techniques
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References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Shah(2008)
Acropora Formosa
Pocillopra damicornis
Porites spp
1:1 nitric acid and
hydrogen peroxide
Zooxanthellae, tissue
and skeleton
Cu
Pb
Cd
Zn
Fe
Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (AAS)
Sabdono (2009)
Galaxea fascicularis
Acid digestion with HF,
HNO
3 , HClO
4
Coral sample
Cu
Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer (AAS)
Bielmyer et al.(2010)
A. cervicornis, M.
faveolata,
P. damicornis
Soft tissue fractions
digested with 1 N nitric
acid
coral and zooxanthallae Cu
Graphite Furnace Atomic
Absorption
Spectrophotometry
(GFAAS)
Chen et al. (2010)
Porites
Nitric acid digestion
Skeleton
Fe
Mn
Zn
Sr
Ca
Mg
Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
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