Investigating Automated Biomonitoring as Management Tool Toward the Elimination of Polluants that Adversly Effect Aquatic Environmental Quality

这是一项研究项目的第二阶段的资助，该项目的第一阶段是在美国国家科学基金资助号91-61351下进行的。这项研究是为了确定在自动监测系统中使用鱼类通气反应曲线的可行性，该系统可以连续检测废水收集和处理系统流出物的毒性。这个概念涉及一个过程，通过分析鱼的通风和运动行为反应，以确定鱼所接触的废水中有毒物质的存在，并帮助确定负责物质。​该提案是根据NSF 91- 20小企业创新研究（SBIR）的标准提交的。第一阶段的研究结果支持以鱼类反应为基础，建立自动、实时水质监测系统，以检测水中是否存在有毒物质的技术可行性。第二阶段的目标是确定这一概念的商业可行性，该概念可用于连续监测废水中的有毒物质，筛选水中是否存在有毒物质并确定其来源。基于这一概念的系统可用于管理废水处理中使用的生物过程的操作。

This is an award to support Phase II of a research project, Phase I of which was conducted under NSF Grant No. 91-61351. The research is on determining the feasibility of using fish ventilatory response profiles in an automated monitoring system that can continuously detect toxicity of effluents from wastewater collection and treatment systems. This concept involves a process by which ventilatory and locomotive behavior responses of fish are analyzed to determine the presence of toxic substances in the wastewater to which the fish are exposed and to aid in identification of the responsible substances. The proposal leading to this award was submitted in accord with criteria in NSF 91- 20, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). Results of Phase I supported the technical feasibility of using fish response as the basis for an automated, real-time water quality monitoring system to detect the presence of toxics in water. The objective of Phase II is to determine the commercial feasibility of this concept which could be used to continuously monitor wastewater for toxics, to screen water for presence of toxics and to locate their sources. A system based on this concept could be used to manage operation of biological processes used in treatment of wastewater.