Using higher organisms in biological early warning systems for real-time toxicity detection

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 457-465

  Van der Schalie, William H ^a   Shedd, Tommy R ^b   Knechtges, Paul L ^b   Widder, Mark W ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated biomonitoring; Biological early warning systems; Fish; Lepomis macrochirus; Monitoring; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING;

BIOSENSORS;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FISH; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0034861996     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(01)00160-9     Document Type: Article

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