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Water quality monitoring using abnormal tail-beat frequency of crucian carp
Citation
Xiao, G and Feng, M and Cheng, Z and Zhao, M and Mao, J and Mirowski, L, Water quality monitoring using abnormal tail-beat frequency of crucian carp, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 111 pp. 185-191. ISSN 0147-6513 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.028
Abstract
Fish are rapidly becoming favored as convenient sentinels for behavioral assays of toxic chemical exposure. Tail-beat frequency (TBF) of fish is highly correlated with swimming speed, which has been used to detect toxicants. Here we examined the effect on TBF of exposure to two chemicals, and evaluated the ability of this novel behavioral parameter to accurately monitor water quality. To further refine our approach, the Wall-hitting rate (WHR) was used to characterize behavioral avoidance after exposure. Overall, exposure to test chemicals at different levels induced significant increase in both behavioral parameters of the red crucian carp during 1-h exposure periods. Furthermore, the TBF achieved better performance as an indicator when it was calculated in cases where the fish hit the tank wall. Collectively, this study demonstrates the capacity of the TBF of fish to assess water quality in a reliable manner.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | water toxicology, fish, behavior, movement, tail-beat frequency, wall-hitting rate |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Computer vision and multimedia computation |
Research Field: | Pattern recognition |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
Objective Field: | Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Mirowski, L (Dr Luke Mirowski) |
ID Code: | 98323 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2015-02-11 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-18 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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