Effects of sample cleaning and storage on the elemental composition of shark vertebrae.
John A MohanThomas C TinHanNathan R MillerR J David WellsPublished in: Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM (2018)
This study shows how archiving methods for vertebrae cartilage can affect primary element:Ca compositions. We demonstrate greatest element:Ca stabilities for vertebrae with limited bleach exposure that are either stored in ethanol or frozen, supporting the use of comparably archived sample sets in future elemental studies.
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