“…Selenium species [Se(IV) and Se(VI)] were estimated in tube-well water samples by ion chromatography coupled with ICP-MS and also by a UV-assisted vapor generation combined with a sensitive "collect and punch"-ICP-MS method. Similarly, the possibility of using moss (Funaria hygrometrica), immobilized in a polysilicate matrix as the substrate for speciation of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in various water samples was studied by using ICP-MS. [376][377][378][379][380][381][382][383][384][385][386][387][388][389][390] The "collect and punch" cold vapor ICP-MS method was also developed for the direct determination of mercury at nanograms per liter levels. 391 An ultrasound-assisted extraction procedure for the fast estimation of major, minor and trace elements in lichen and mussel samples was developed and ICP-MS was used to estimate elements such as Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Zr, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Cs, Ba, Pb and Bi.…”