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In this study, concentrations of heavy metals were determined by ICP-MS in the edible tissues of common sole (Solea solea Linnaeus, 1758), whiting (Merlangius merlangus Linnaeus, 1758), silver sillago (Sillago sihama Forsskal, 1775) and muscle-exoskeleton of green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844), from the seas of Iskenderun Bay, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, in January–February, 2016. The lowest and highest mean concentrations of Mn, Cr, Cd, Ni, Hg, As, Pb, and Co in fish and shrimp’ muscles were found, respectively, as follows: 0.166–0.382, 0.134–0.336, 0.005–0.008, 0.091–0.140, 0.026–0.228, 1.741–29.254, 0.087–0.110, and

The assessment of trace metal pollution in Gaziantep city-Turkey has been studied using plant leaves of Pinus nigra L. and Eriobotrya japonica as biomonitor. The concentrations up to 3,056 mg Pb kg(-1) in the needles of Pinus nigra L., and 367 ng Cd g(-1) in the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica were determined. The observed Cu concentrations were in range of 1.6-7.1 mg kg(-1). The Pb, Cd, and Cu levels in soils were determined to be in the range of 17-602, 0.142-0.656, and 12-38 mg kg(-1), respectively. It was concluded that Pinus nigra L. can be considered as both biomonitor of atmospheric Pb pollution and hyperaccumulator plant.

A simple, sensitive, accurate, and selective method for determination of ultratrace levels of Co is modified. The method is based on preconcentration of Co on the PAR-loaded Amberlite XAD-7 at pH 2.0 ± 0.2 for contact time as low as 45 min. The adsorbed cobalt was eluted with concentrated nitric acid and measured by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Recoveries up to 90% were achieved. The optimized preconcentration method was applied to cobalt determination in natural mineral waters. The detection limit was found to be 0.1 ng mL−1. The relative standard deviation was found to be 13% for 600 mL of 2.0 ng mL−1, for 10 replicate preconcentration procedures. Cobalt concentrations in the studied water samples were found to be in the ranges of 0.5–3.5 ng mL−1.