Determination of metal uptake in single organisms, Corophium volutator, via complementary electrothermal vaporization/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and laser ablation/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

The results obtained imply the efficiency of complementary methods to explain the absence or presence of (eco-)toxicological effects. In particular, methods that allow for single-organism analysis or provide even a spatial resolution support the interpretation of ecotoxicological findings.