SBIR/STTR Research Award
AUTOMATED FISH VENTILATORY MONITORING FOR DISTINGUISHED DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS
Award amount
$47,190Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Biological Monitoring, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- EG91MNJ5VN28
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS ENDEAVOR IS TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED AND CONTINUOUS MEANS OF MONITORING WATER QUALITY, UTILIZING FISH AS THE SENSORS. THE SPECIFIC AIMS INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMPUTERIZED INSTRUMENTATION, AS WELL AS,TO QUANTIFY THE POTENTIAL FOR MONITORING THE FISH VENTILATORY PROFILES IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF TOXICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. SUCH APPLICATIONS COULD INCLUDE THE WASTEWATER DISCHARGERS, CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, AS WELL AS, PUBLIC DRINKING WATERSUPPLIES. IN THE PHASE II EFFORT, FISH VENTILATORY BEHAVIORS WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED EMPLOYING NON-INVASIVE ELECTRODES AND MICRO-COMPUTER BASED DATA CAPTURE AND ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AUTOMATED ASSESSMENTS OF THE CHANGES IN INDIVIDUAL FISH BIO-ELECTRIC VENTILATORY SIGNAL PROFILES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOXICANT CONCENTRATION PRESENT, AND THAT SUCH CHANGES WILL BE QUANTIFIABLE AFTER A RELATIVELY SHORTEXPOSURE PERIOD. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS INNOVATIVE, YET INEXPENSIVE TOOL COULD BE PACKAGED INTO A SYSTEM REQUIRING AMINIMAL NEED FOR A SKILLED TECHNICIAN AS THE OPERATOR.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- INVESTIGATING AUTOMATED BIOMONITORING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF POLLUTANTS THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
- INVESTIGATING AUTOMATED BIOMONITORING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF POLLUTANTS THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
- THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A FISH MONITORING TOOL CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY SCREENING CHEMICALS FOR TOXICITY, PROTECTING PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES AND WASTEWATER RECEIVING SYSTEMS, AND IDENTIFYING THE CAUSATIVE TOXIC AGENT(S).
- MONITORING FISH VENTILATORY BEHAVIOR TO ASSESS BEHAVIORALLY AND NEURALLY MEDIATED EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
- MONITORING FISH VENTILATORY BEHAVIOR TO ASSESS BEHAVIORALLY AND NEURALLY MEDIATED EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–1993). Reported award amounts total $676,667. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services