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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
Ali et al. (2011)
Acropora hemprichi
Acropora pharaonis
Acropora humilis
Stylophora pistillata
Hot nitric acid
Skeleton and tissue
Cu
Zn
Pb
Cd
Ni
Co
Fe
Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometry (AAS)
El-Sorogy et al. (2012) Stylophora pistillata;
Pocillopora verrucosa;
Acropora cytherea;
Porites lutea;
Fungiafungites;
Goniastrea pectinata;
Favites
Pentagona
Acid digested in 5 mL of
HCl and 15 mL
HNO
3
–
HClO
4
(5:1)
Coral sample
Zn
Pb
Mn
Fe
Cr
Co
Ni
Cu
Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
Mokhtar et al. (2012)
Hydnophora microconos;
Favia speciose;
Porites lobata
Skeleton: nitric acid
digestion after cleaning;
sediment: HCl: HNO
3
digestion
Coral skeleton, sediment
and seawater samples
Cu
Zn
Ni
Cd
Fe
Mn
Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometry
(FAAS)
Berry et al. (2013)
Porites furcate
Agariciatenuifolia
Treatment with nitric
acid, perchloric acid and
hydrochloric acid
Tissue and sediment
As
Cd
Cu
Zn
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Optical Emission
Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
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