Real-time detection of potassium cyanide pollution in surface waters using electric organ discharges wave emitted by the tropical fish, apteronotus albifrons

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 561-574

  Thomas, M ^a   Chretien D ^a   Florion, A ^a   Terver, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cyanide; Electric fish; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FISH; POTASSIUM; RIVER POLLUTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; BIOMONITORING; DETECTION THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC SIGNAL; POTASSIUM CYANIDES; REAL-TIME DETECTION;

CYANIDES;

POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WAVEFORM;

APTERONOTUS ALBIFRONS;

EID: 0029995904     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331708616420     Document Type: Article

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