Cadmium integration in amphibian tissues and soil and water samples was tested using standard shemical techniques as well as
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. We collected one salamander species, Ambystoma mavortium (Tiger salalmander), and two frog species, Lithobates sylvaticata (wood frog), and L.
Pszonicki, "Speciation of Chromium in Mineral Waters and Salinas by Solid Phase Extraction and
Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry," Talanta 66, 1345-1349 (2005).
We determined concentrations of BCd and BPb by
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry with Zeeman background correction (12-14).
All plasma samples were analyzed for strontium by
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry (10).
Lead content in whole blood was measured by
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry at CDC.
Capillary blood collection by paper for lead analysis by
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Microchem J 1995;52:370-5.