Biomonitoring of metal contamination in a marine prosobranch snail ( Nassarius reticulatus) by imaging laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

• Published in: Talanta (Oxford) Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 428 - 433
• Main Authors: Santos, Mirian C., Wagner, Martin, Wu, Bei, Scheider, Jessica, Oehlmann, Jörg, Cadore, Solange, Becker, J. Sabine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.12.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Animals; Biomonitoring; Cadmium - analysis; Chemistry; Copper - analysis; Digestive System - anatomy & histology; Digestive System - chemistry; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Exact sciences and technology; France; Gastropoda; Imaging mass spectrometry; Laser ablation ICP-MS; Lasers; Lead - analysis; Marine Biology; Mass Spectrometry - methods; Mercury - analysis; Metal contamination; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Nassarius reticulatus; Prosobranchia; Reproducibility of Results; Seawater - analysis; Seawater - chemistry; Snail tissues; Snails - anatomy & histology; Snails - chemistry; Spectrometric and optical methods; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Zinc - analysis; France; Europe; France, Brittany; Imaging mass spectrometry; Snail tissues; Biomonitoring; Metal contamination; Laser ablation ICP-MS; Rat; Standard; Laboratory; Metal; Inductive coupling plasma spectrometry; Biological material; Encephalon; Tissue; Imaging; Detection limit; Sulfur; Quantitative analysis; Trace analysis; Non metal; Coupled method; Rodentia; Calibration; Carbon; Contamination; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Distribution; Strategy; Laser ablation technique; Yield; Mass spectrometry
• DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.06.080
• ISSN: 0039-9140

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 μg g −1 range.