Author: Rossmann, Ronald; Barres, James
Description: From 1980 through 1985, waters of the Great Lakes were sequentially sampled for dissolved, paniculate, and total trace elements. Major sampling occurred in 1980 for Lake Huron, in 1981 for Lakes Erie and Michigan, in 1983 for Lake Superior, and in 1985 for Lake Ontario. Great care was taken during collection, storage, and analysis to prevent sample contamination and to document any contamination occurring. Trace elements measured by atomic absorption techniques were silver, aluminum, arsenic, boron, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, antimony, selenium, tin, strontium, vanadium, and zinc. All results were field and laboratory blank corrected. Excluding aluminum, barium, iron, and strontium, concentrations of trace elements in most of the Great Lakes were a few ppb or less, with many elements being below one ppb. Element concentrations were highest in Lakes Erie and Michigan and lowest in Lakes Huron and Superior. All five Great Lakes had more than 50% of their total iron, aluminum, and manganese associated with paniculate matter.
Subject headings: Great Lakes; United States; Sampling methods; Trace elements
Publication year: 1988
Journal or book title: Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 188-204
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