ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e70983
A Good Practice Guide for the Use of DGTs. Sampling of metals in transitional and coastal waters by Diffusive Gradient in Thin films (DGT) technique
expand article infoVanessa Millán Gabet‡, Marta Rodrigo Sanz‡, Isabelle Amouroux§, Maria Jesus Belzunce|, Philippe Bersuder, Thi Bolam, Miguel Caetano#, Margarida Correia dos Santos¤, Gary R. Fones«, Jean-Louis Gonzalez§, Stephane Guesdon§, Joana Larreta|, Barbara Marras», Brendan McHugh˄, Iratxe Menchaca|, Florence Menet-Nedelec§, Natalia Montero», Fiona Regan˅, Craig D. Robinson¦, German Rodriguez|, Marco Schintu», Blánaid White˅, Hao Zhangˀ
‡ Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain§ Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Nantes, France| Fundacion AZTI (AZTI), San Sebastian, Spain¶ Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Essex, United Kingdom# Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA),, Lisbon, Portugal¤ Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal« University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom» University of Cagliari (UNICA), Cagliari, Italy˄ Marine Institute (MI), Galway, Ireland˅ Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland¦ Marine Scotland Science (MSS), Aberdeen, United Kingdomˀ University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Blánaid White ( blanaid.white@dcu.ie )

© Vanessa Millán Gabet, Marta Rodrigo Sanz, Isabelle Amouroux, Maria Jesus Belzunce, Philippe Bersuder, Thi Bolam, Miguel Caetano, Margarida Correia dos Santos, Gary R. Fones, Jean-Louis Gonzalez, Stephane Guesdon, Joana Larreta, Barbara Marras, Brendan McHugh, Iratxe Menchaca, Florence Menet-Nedelec, Natalia Montero, Fiona Regan, Craig D. Robinson, German Rodriguez, Marco Schintu, Blánaid White, Hao Zhang.
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Citation: Millán Gabet V, Rodrigo Sanz M, Amouroux I, Belzunce MJ, Bersuder P, Bolam T, Caetano M, Correia dos Santos M, Fones GR, Gonzalez J-L, Guesdon S, Larreta J, Marras B, McHugh B, Menchaca I, Menet-Nedelec F, Montero N, Regan F, Robinson CD, Rodriguez G, Schintu M, White B, Zhang H (2021) A Good Practice Guide for the Use of DGTs. Sampling of metals in transitional and coastal waters by Diffusive Gradient in Thin films (DGT) technique. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e70983
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Abstract

This good practice guide is focused on the DGT devices, which are the most widely used passive sampler for metals, covering the following aspects:

■ Principle

■ Handling passive sampling devices for metals

■ Estimation of appropriate field deployment time

■ A Good Practice Guide for the Use of DGTs

■ Passive sampling device preparation and assembly

■ Selection of sampling site and safety precautions

■ Passive sampling device deployment and retrieval

■ Extraction of analytes from passive sampling devices

■ Analysis

■ Calculations

Keywords
Diffusive Gradient in Thin films (DGT)