Live Organism Toxicity Monitoring: Signal Analysis

Abstract

Live organisms offer the opportunity to monitor water resources for toxic conditions by measuring changes in their established behavioral and physiological responses. The U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research uses fish ventilatory pattern analysis to monitor aquatic environments for toxic conditions. The Center and APL have initiated an exploratory analysis of data from a series of controlled, single-substance validation tests being conducted at Fort Detrick, Maryland. This article presents the results of some preliminary analyses and outlines future directions for follow-on studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA387333

Entities

People

  • Amir-homayoon Najmi
  • C. S. Hayek
  • Charles C. Sarabun
  • Tommy R. Shedd

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Fish
  • Frequency
  • Image Processing
  • Monitoring
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Toxicity
  • Warning Systems

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Marine Mammal Biology