Title :
Comparative assessment of surface water quality through evaluation of physiological state of bioindicator species: Searching a new biomarkers
Author :
Kuznetsova, Tatiana ; Kholodkevich, Sergey
Author_Institution :
St.-Petersburg Sci. Res. Center for Ecological Safety (SRCES), St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
Paper presents the development and approbation of methodological approach to assess environmental quality through testing of indigenous invertebrates cardiac responses. It was shown that method could be useful in ecotoxicological studies as well as in ecosystem health assessment.
Keywords :
water quality; bioindicator species; ecosystem health assessment; ecotoxicological studies; environmental quality; indigenous invertebrates cardiac responses; methodological approach approbation; methodological approach development; physiological state; surface water quality; Biomarkers; Ecosystems; Organisms; Pollution; Salinity (Geophysical); Stress; benthic invertebrates; biomarkers of effect and exposure; environmental monitoring; surface water quality;
Conference_Titel :
Embedded Computing (MECO), 2015 4th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8999-7
DOI :
10.1109/MECO.2015.7181938
