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15312728

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
For the first time, the concepts of limit of detection and limit of quantification, commonly used in analytical chemistry, are applied to the field of active biomonitoring with terrestrial mosses, using the controls as blanks so that the limits indicate the error associated with the transplant technique. The application of these concepts to data corresponding to Hg concentrations in the surroundings of a chlor-alkali plant and a power plant, makes interpretation of the results easier by providing better spatial and temporal coherence. This procedure may allow improvement in the standardization of active biomonitoring techniques as it is applicable to all kinds of biomonitors. One disadvantage of the application of the limit of detection and limit of quantification is that they only take into account the alpha error, or risk of false positives, and do not take into account the beta error, or risk of false negatives.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0045-6535
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A new method for testing the sensitivity of active biomonitoring: an example of its application to a terrestrial moss.
pubmed:affiliation
Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. bfjcouto@usc.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't