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Bioapatite as an archive of environmental contaminants
Křemečková, Pavla ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Vašinová Galiová, Michaela (advisor)
Increasing environmental contamination has become one of the most globally addressed issues in recent years. Skeletal material, whose main mineral component bioapatite is able to accumulate and retain unwanted elements in its structure, can be used to thoroughly understand the impact of contaminants on different environmental components. In the framework of this bachelor thesis, the elemental distribution in the bones of bones of wildlife originating from both contaminated and non-contaminated areas was studied. Using the LA-ICP-MS method, it was possible to detect elements naturally occurring in the bones as well as selected contaminants that were present in higher contents in the bones of the animal from the contaminated area. Also, different techniques used for bone cleaning from soft tissues were tested and based on the results of the experiments performed, it was concluded that the techniques used had no effect on the elemental distribution in the analyzed bones of wild animals.

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