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Alarmdetector

LimCo and Hölle & Hüttner AG have developed a NEW alarmdetection software (ALARMDETECTOR) for the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor. It contains alarmalgorithms like the Double Sigma detector, the adaptive Hinkley detector and the Slope Operator, working online or offline. Alarms are sent directly per email.

Test our new Demo!

Action Days

LimCo International offers action days about "water quality assessment in our surface waters" for schools of all categories and age classes.

Recent testimonials about the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor

"In toxicological studies in China, the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor proved as a handy, easy-use and reliable online toxicity monitoring equipment with Crustacea and fish. See also Chemosphere 42, 35-47 (2002)"

Prof. Z. Wang, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Beijing, China
Dr. A. Gerhardt, LimCo International, Ibbenbüren, Germany

"We have tested the function of the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor, MFB with rainbow trout, stickleback and amphipod sensor species to observe behaviour in different environmental concentrations of ammonia. We found that the MFB accurately reflects behaviour in these circumstances without affecting the behaviour itself."

Dr. P. Laming and S. Craig: Queens University of Belfast, UK.

"The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor has been used in the assessment of acid mine drainage on freshwater macroinvertebrates. Behavioural early warning responses measured in these organisms showed consistent responses to acidic conditions and revealed that this approach is more sensitive than standard toxicity tests. Therefore, the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor represents a very suitable technology to be used in biomonitoring of surface waters endangered by acid mine drainage"

Joaquim A. Macedo de Sousa, University of Aveiro, Portugal

"The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor allowed continuous monitoring of behavioural responses in Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Amphipoda) when exposed to sublethal dosages of various environmental pollutants. The MFB was practical to use and individual behavioural responses were easily identified in graphic traces."

Dr. Anita Kirkpatrick, Queens University of Belfast, UK.

Have you already seen our new book "Biomonitoring of Polluted Water"?
Check it out in the  publications section.