The “Musselmonitor®” as Biological Early Warning System

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1. Introduction; F.M. Butterworth, et al. Section I: Automated monitoring: On-line monitoring. 2. A Brief Review of Chemical and Biological Continuous Monitoring of Rivers in Europe and Asia; A. Gunatilaka, P. Diehl. 2. The Evaluation of `Dynamic Daphnia Test' after a Decade of Use: Benefits and Constraints; A. Gunatilaka, et al. 4. The `Musselmonitor�' as Biological Early Warning System: The First Decade; K.J.M. Kramer, E.M. Foekema. 5. Quantitative Behavior Analysis - A New Approach to the Challenges of Environmental Toxicology; O.H. Spieser. 6. An Introduction to Behavioral Monitoring - Effects of Nonylphenol and Ethinyl-Estradiol on Swimming Behavior of Juvenile Carp; O.H. Spieser, et al. 7. How to Use Fish Behavior Analysis to Sensitively Assess the Hazard Potentials of Environmental Chemicals; D. Baganz, et al. 8. Continuous Water Monitoring: Changes of Behavior Patterns as Indicators of Pollutants; M. Bl�baum-Gronau, et al. Automation technologies. 9. Restoration and Classification of Water-Borne Microbial Images for Continuous Monitoring of Water Quality; M. Das, F.M. Butterworth. 10. Screen-printed Disposable Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring; D.C. Cowell, et al. 11. Optical Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring; P. Scully. Section II: Recombination and recombinogen detection. 12. Recombination as Indicator for Genotoxic and `Non-genotoxic' Environmental Carcinogens. 13. Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test in Rosophila Used for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollutants; J. Guzm�n-Rinc�n. 14. A New Way to View Complex Mixtures: Measurement of Genotoxic Effects of Mixtures of a Polychlorinated Biphenyl, a Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon, and Arsenic; R.M. McGowen, et al. 15. Drosophila is a Reliable Biomonitor of Water Pollution; P. Ramos-Morales, et al. Section III: New approaches and applications of established systems: Sentinel systems. 16. A New Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor for Ecologically Relevant Control of Surface Waters; A. Gerhardt. 17. Cytogenetic and Cytotoxic Damage in Exfoliated Cells as Indicators of Effects in Humans; M.E. Gonsebatt. p53 Mutation Load: a Molecular Linkage to Carcinogen Exposure and Cancer; S.P. Hussain, C.C. Harris. 19. Plant Biomonitor in Aquatic Environments: Assessing Impairment via Plant Performance; L. Lovett-Doust, J. Lovett-Doust. 20. Fish Chromosomes as Biomarkers of Genetic Damage and Proposal for the Use of Tropical Catfish Species for Short-term Screening of Genotoxic Agents; M. Uribe-Alcocer, P. D�az-Jaimes. Laboratory-based biomonitors. 21. The Tetramitus Assay; R.L. Jaffe. The Use of Aquatic Invertebrate Toxicity Tests and Invertebrate Enzyme Biomarkers to Assess Toxicity in the States of Aguascalientes and Jalisco, Mexico; R. Rico-Mart�nez, et al. 23. Biomonitoring of Pesticides by Plant Metabolism; an Assay Based on the Induction of Sister-Chomatid Exchanges in Human Lymphocyte Cultures by Promutagen Activation of Vicia faba; S. Gomez-Arroyo, et al. 24. Genetic Monitoring of Airborne Particles; R. Villalobos-Pietrini, et al. Section IV: Abstracts. 25. Abstracts of presentations not submitted as chapters.