A term used to describe methods of evaluating or measuring the effects of toxic substances in effluents on aquatic organisms in receiving waters. There are two types of biomonitoring, the biosurvey and the bioassay.
Biomonitoring is a method of testing and monitoring different contaminants in the environment through living organisms. For example, polar bear tissue may be analysed as a way of biomonitoring POPs in the Arctic marine environment.
A term used to describe methods of evaluating or measuring the effects of toxic substances in effluents on aquatic organisms in receiving waters. The bioassay is a method of estimating the toxic effects of wastes and wastewaters using viable organisms under controlled conditions. These measured effects can be either acute (causing death) or chronic (sublethal, such as growth or reproduction effects).
a test used to evaluate the relative potency of a chemical by comparing its effect on a living organism with the effect of a standard population on the same type of organism.
The routine (e.g. monthly, quarterly) assessment of water, air, sediment or soil quality using the response(s) of living organisms as the measurement system.
Biomonitoring is a method of testing and watching what happens to different contaminants in living organisms. For example, parts of polar bears may be analyzed to biomonitor POPs in the Arctic marine environment.
a direct measure of human exposure to substances. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an example of biomonitoring; CDC tested human blood and urine samples and found traces of a number of natural and man-made substances.
the use of living organisms to test the suitability of an effluent to be discharged into receiving waters and to test the quality of such waters downstream from a discharge.
1. The use of living organisms to test the suitability of effluents for discharge into receiving waters and to test the quality of such waters downstream from the discharge. 2. Analysis of blood, urine, tissues, etc. to measure chemical exposure in humans.