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A scanning proton microprobe was used to study the aluminium distribution in gills of bullhead, pumpkinseed and rainbow trout exposed to aluminium at low pH. In the examined pumpkinseed gills, aluminium was located on the secondary lamellae edges. Aluminium hot spots were observed inside the tissue. The presence of aluminium coincided with elevated phosphorus levels. Element maps recorded in bullhead and rainbow trout failed to demonstrate the presence of aluminium. The technique of scanning transmission ion microscopy was used for sample visualisation as well as monitoring of the possible sample damage induced by particle induced X-ray emission-measurements.
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Eeckhaoudt, S., Van Grieken, R.E., Cholewa, M. et al. Study of aluminium-exposed fish by scanning proton microprobe analysis. Mikrochim Acta 122, 17–25 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252401
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