Measuring and testing – Liquid analysis or analysis of the suspension of solids in a... – Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture
Patent
1998-03-16
2000-05-09
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
Liquid analysis or analysis of the suspension of solids in a...
Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture
119215, 119219, 119220, 340573, G01N 3300
Patent
active
060587636
ABSTRACT:
An automated biomonitoring system for monitoring water quality includes an exposure chamber for housing an aquatic organism having ventilatory behavior and body movement sensitive to water quality. Electrodes sense electrical signals produced by the organism during its ventilatory behavior and body movement, and a controller responsive to signals from the electrodes determines a plurality of ventilatory parameters based on the signals. The ventilatory parameters are compared with corresponding thresholds to determine when the water to which the organism is exposed has caused physiological stress to the organism.
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Bishoff Robert Charles
Leach Jeffery Daniel
Shedd Tommy Ray
Van Der Schalie William Henry
Widder Mark Wesley
Geo-Centers, Inc.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tran Thuy Vinh
Williams Hezron
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