Abstract This review summarizes government agency and scientific organization guidance for collecting representative, reliable, and defensible water samples for trace metal analysis, and provides a framework for choosing appropriate sampling techniques to meet a study's data quality objectives, with respect to Natural Resource Damage Assessment in the marine environment. Preventing or limiting contamination is a primary concern during the sampling process, with the goal of constraining sampling-related contamination to below the targeted screening levels. Best practices should include clean-hands/dirty-hands sampling techniques and acid-washed plastic sample bottles. Quality control samples should be collected to detect and quantify contamination and to monitor the precision of the measurement process.

中文翻译：

---

微量金属海水取样方法综述

摘要 本综述总结了政府机构和科学组织为痕量金属分析收集代表性、可靠和可辩护的水样的指南，并提供了一个框架，用于选择适当的采样技术以满足研究的数据质量目标，涉及自然资源损害评估。海洋环境。预防或限制污染是采样过程中的首要问题，其目标是将采样相关的污染限制在目标筛选水平以下。最佳做法应包括手干净/手不干净的采样技术和酸洗塑料样品瓶。应收集质量控制样本以检测和量化污染并监控测量过程的精度。