After reading this article you will learn about the bio-monitoring of aquatic ecosystem and terrestrial ecosystem. Bio-Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystem: Among the different ecosystems, the water bodies constitute the major types of living environment, as over seventy per cent of the planetary ecosystem is located in different types of water bodes viz. inland water ecosystems, oceanic system and estuarine ecosystems. [...]
This article throws light upon the nine criteria's to be considered for evaluating biomarkers. The criteria's are: 1. Biological Specificity 2. Clarity of Interpretation 3. Time of Responses 4. Permanence of Response 5. Reliability 6. Methodological Considerations 7. Relative Sensitivity 8. Validation in the Field 9. Linkage to Higher Level Effects. Criteria # 1. Biological Specificity: It important to know [...]
This article provides notes on biosensors. Biosensors are analytical devices that show potential for development in the clinical, diagnostic, food analysis, process control, and environmental areas. Examples of commercially available biosensors include enzyme electrode biosensors for detection of glucose in blood and single analytes in food, as well as biological oxygen demand (BOD) in waste water. Biosensors historically have been [...]