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Use of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique to evaluate (bio)available trace metal concentrations in river water

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Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni and Zn were monitored in the Svitava River (the Czech Republic) during April and September 2005. Total concentrations and total dissolved concentrations were obtained through regular water sampling, and the diffusive gradients in thin films technique (DGT) were used to gain information on the kinetically labile metal concentrations. Each measured concentration was compared with the corresponding average (bio)available concentration calculated from the mass of metal accumulated by the moss species Fontinalis antipyretica. The concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cr and Zn measured using DGT corresponded well with those obtained after the deployment of Fontinalis antipyretica moss bags in the Svitava River, but the concentrations of Cu and Ni did not. The calculated (bio)available Cu concentration correlated well with the total dissolved concentration of Cu, whereas no correlation was found to exist between the concentrations of Ni.

Scheme of the Svitava River monitoring station, including the DGT sampling units and Fontinalis antipyretica moss bags

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Acknowledgement

The work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (Projects No. MSM 0021630502 and G4/814/2005 of FRVS). J.P. Matousek is gratefully acknowledged for helpful comments and for help with manuscript preparation.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkyňova 118, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic

    Pavel Diviš, Hana Dočekalová & Lukáš Brulík

  2. Department of Ecology, Palacký University, Faculty of Science, Tr. Svobody 26, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Marek Pavliš & Petr Hekera

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Physicochemical conditions of the Svitava River at the monitoring station site during the period of the study (XLS 14kb)

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Diviš, P., Dočekalová, H., Brulík, L. et al. Use of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique to evaluate (bio)available trace metal concentrations in river water. Anal Bioanal Chem 387, 2239–2244 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0996-y

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