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Environmental applications of ICP-MS for simultaneous determination of trace elements and statistical data analysis

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Water samples collected from two lakes separated from each other by the cascade of four small lowland reservoirs were subjected to analyses in order to compare contamination levels in these ecosystems. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was used to determine eight elements: Al, As, Cd, Cr, Li, Mn, Sb, and Zn. Statistical methods were applied in order to assess the degree of self-purification of water, during its flow from Swarzędzkie Lake to Malta Lake. Obtained distinctly, lower concentrations of all studied elements in Malta Lake than in Swarzędzkie Lake indicated the role of self-purification processes, which occurred in the distance between these lakes.

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  1. Department of Trace Elements Analysis by Spectroscopy Methods, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, 6 Grunwaldzka Street, 60-780, Poznań, Poland

    Hanka Gramowska, Izabela Krzyzaniak & Danuta Baralkiewicz

  2. Department of Water Protection, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 89 Umultowska Street, 61-614, Poznań, Poland

    Ryszard Goldyn

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Gramowska, H., Krzyzaniak, I., Baralkiewicz, D. et al. Environmental applications of ICP-MS for simultaneous determination of trace elements and statistical data analysis. Environ Monit Assess 160, 479–490 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0712-9

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