Evaluation of diffusive gradients in thin film (DGT) samplers for measuring contaminants in the Antarctic marine environment

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Larner, BL, Seen, AJ, Snape, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Chemical Sciences; Other Chemical Sciences; Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry); Antarctic; Brown Bay; O'Brien Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.028; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16709425; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/43117

This work has been the first application of DGT samplers for measuring metals in water and sediment porewater in the Antarctic environment, and whilst DGT water sampling was restricted to quantification of Cd, Fe and Ni, preconcentration using Empore chelating disks provided results for an additiona...