Project information
Project aim
The Antarctic environment with its harsh climatic conditions, minimal human activity and its unique ecosystems is unlike any of the World's other environments. As such, it is important that an understanding of the Antarctic environment is developed in order to gain a full appreciation of the impacts of human activities in Antarctica and to determine the most effective means to remediate and protect the Antarctic environment. To achieve these goals, new sensitive and selective techniques for sampling metal contaminant levels in marine sediments are being developed.
Related publications
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Direct colorimetric detection of copper(II) ions in sampling using diffusive gradients in thin-films. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2010
(Ref: 14733)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Evaluation of diffusive gradients in thin film (DGT) samplers for measuring contaminants in the Antarctic marine environment. Chemosphere, 2006
(Ref: 12681)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
This work has been the first application of DGT samplers for measuring metals in water and sediment porewater in the Antarctic … environment, and whilst DGT water sampling was restricted to quantification of Cd, Fe and Ni…