Biomonitoring of metal contamination in a marine prosobranch snail (Nassarius reticulatus) by imaging laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).
An imaging mass spectrometric method using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was developed to determine Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb and metal distribution in longitudinal tissue sections of the marine snail Nassarius reticulatus (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Snails were sampled in northern Brittany (France) at three stations with different contamination levels. The quantification of metal distribution (imaging or mapping) in a thin slice of the snail tissue was carried out using different strategies: by one-point calibration and via matrix-matched laboratory standards using different biological materials (BCR 278, snail tissue, and rat brain). Together with the imaging of metals the distribution of two non-metals (carbon and sulfur) was analyzed. The imaging LA-ICP-MS analysis yielded an inhomogeneous distribution for all elements investigated. The detection limits for the distribution analysis of Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb measured by LA-ICP-MS were in the low microg g(-1) range.
Santos
Mirian C
MC
Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Wagner
Martin
M
Wu
Bei
B
Scheider
Jessica
J
Oehlmann
Jörg
J
Cadore
Solange
S
Becker
J Sabine
JS
D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D004064:Digestive System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005602:France; D007834:Lasers; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008386:Marine Biology; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D012908:Snails / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D003300:Copper; D008628:Mercury; D015032:Zinc