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References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Bielmyer-Fraser et al.
(2018)
Acropora cervicornis
Pocillopora damicornis
Nitric acid
Tissue fractions (coral
and zooxanthallae)
Cu
Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (AAS)
Deschaseaux et al.
(2018)
Acropora aspera
1: 3 nitric acid:
hydrochloric acid
Tissue and zooxanthallae
fraction
Zn
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
Summer et al. (2019)
Acropora spathulata
Platygyra daedalea
Nitric acid
Adult coral and gametes Mn
Inductively-Coupled
Plasma
Mass-Spectrometry
(ICP-MS)
Yang et al. (2019)
Acropora hyacinthus
Nitric acid: hydrochloric
acid (3:1) microwave
acid dissolution method
Adult coral ~ 5–6 cm
snips
Cr
Mn
Ni
Cu
Zn
As
Cd
Pb
Inductively-Coupled
Plasma Mass
Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Gillmore et al. (2020) Acropora muricata
Pre-digestion using 2:1
nitric acid: hydrogen
peroxide;
Microwave heating
Algal symbionts and
coral tissue
Ni
Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
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