Metals monitors

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Trace Metal Monitoring by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry... 

StoreUi, M. and Marcotrigiano, G. (2001). Heavy metals monitoring in fish, bivalve molluscs, water and sediments from Varano I agoon, Italy. Brrlletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 66 365-370. 

Trace metals monitoring as a tool for characterization of Antarctic ecosystems and environmental management. The Argentine programme at Jubany Station... 

Mortimer DC. 1985. Freshwater aquatic macrophytes as heavy metal monitors - the Ottaea River experience. Environmental Monitoring Assessment 5 311 -323. 

On-site Heavy Metal Monitoring Using a Portable Screen-printed Electrode Sensor... 

The aim of this work is to demonstrate how the screen printed electrodes (SPEs) can be used for on site heavy metals monitoring in surface waters in the frame of the WFD. The sensors used consist of mercury-coated screen-printed electrodes coupled with square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) (Palchetti et al., 1999). Three metals Cu, Cd, and Pb which are classically analysed in water matrices have been considered. Moreover, Cd and Pb belong to the priority substances list of the WFD. Performance criteria of the device are first established to evaluate the level of confidence of the method. The potential use of the device and its main advantages are then highlighted through two illustrative field applications. 

In conclusion, The SPEs/PahnSens method proved to be suitable for the determination of Cu, Pb and Cd in a water sample for concentrations ranging from few pg/L to one hundred pg/L. The next section is dedicated to examples of applications of this tool for field metal monitoring. 

FIGURE 13.3 Annual trace metal monitoring stations in the western and central Baltic Sea. 

Several other approaches concerning retrospective studies of trace metal enrichment in lake sediments, ombrotrophic peatlands, and tree-rings have been proposed during the past years. The use of lake sediments for long-term retrospective trace metal monitoring has been questioned because of the... 

Maekeet B, Oehlmann J and Roth M (1997) General aspects of heavy metal monitoring by plants and animals. In Subramanian G and Iyengar V,... 

Marked, B., Oehlmann, J., Roth, M 1997b. General aspects of heavy metal monitoring by plants and animals. In Subramanian, K.S., Iyengar, G.V. (Eds.), Environmental Biomonitoring - Exposure Assessment and Specimen Banking. ACS Symp Ser 654, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, pp. 18-29. 

Table 11.8 Reference thresholds for heavy metal monitoring with honey and bees...

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