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4 Analytical Techniques
(continued)
References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Song et al. (2014)
Porites
Nitric acid
Skeleton
Cr
Mn
Ni
Cu
Zn
Cd
Ba
Pb
Sr
U
Ca
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
Chen et al. (2015)
Porites
Nitric acid digestion
Skeleton
Mn
Cu
V
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
Darvishnia et al. (2016) Faviidae and Poritidae
species
Nitric acid: perchloric
acid (4:1)
Skeleton
Pb
Fe
Zn
Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (FAAS) and
Graphite Furnace Atomic
Absorption
Spectrophotometry
(GFAAS)
Reichelt-Brushett and
Hudspith (2016)
Platygyra daedalea
Acid not specified
Sperm-free seawater
Ni
Co
Inducticely Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectrometry (ICPMS)
Gissi et al. (2017)
Platygyra daedalea
Acropora aspera
Acorpora digitifera
Nitric acid
Coral gametes
Ag
Al, As, Ba, Cd, Co,
Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni,
Pb, Se, V, Zn
Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
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