ICP-MS analysis of metal accumulation by macroinvertebrates

Author

Shujaee, K. ; George, Rubin ; Abraham, Pierre ; Silva, R. ; Melnyczuk, J.

Author_Institution

Clark Atlanta Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Results of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) output for both the contaminated and reference site macroinvertebrates collected from 2 Alabama high conductivity coal mine streams and 1 ultra low conductivity reference stream are presented here. These insects were taxonomically identified at the genus level. It was found that the amount of metals in the tissues vary between macroinvertebrates of common names such as stone flies, caddis flies, may flies, dragon flies, snails, clams, and sow bugs. Also found is that the metal accumulation by the insects from the contaminated sites is larger in more than half of the elements tested (Cd, Se, Ni, K, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ca, Al, Mg, and Na) than that from the resident sites in this study.

Keywords

aluminium; cadmium; calcium; coal; contamination; copper; magnesium; manganese; mass spectra; mining; nickel; potassium; selenium; sodium; water pollution measurement; water quality; zinc; Al; Alabama; Ca; Cd; Cu; ICP-MS analysis; K; Mg; Mn; Na; Ni; Se; Zn; caddis flies; clams; coal mine streams; contamination; dragon flies; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; insects; macroinvertebrates; may flies; metal accumulation; snails; sow bugs; stone flies; Conductivity; Insects; Iterative closest point algorithm; Manganese; Nickel; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE

Conference_Location

Jacksonville, FL

ISSN

1091-0050

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0052-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2013.6567378

Filename

6567378