Detection limits of the Mosselmonitor®

component detection limit in mg/l (nominal)
  fresh water mussels marine mussel
  Dreissena polymorpha Unio pictorum Mytilus edulis
Ammonia (Unionised)     0.59
Atrazine 0.5 0.5  
Bentazone 0.75 0.75  
Cadmium (CdCl2) 0.15   0.1
Cloroform 43.0    
Cloropyriphos 0.05 0.05  
Copper (CuSO4) 0.01 0.01 0.005
Cyanide (KCN) 0.4    
1.3 Dichlorobezene 1.4    
Dichlorometane     50.0
Formaline     10.0
Hexachlorbutadiene 0.15    
Y-hexachlorcyclohexane 0.06    
Hipochlorite (chlorine) 0.037   0.005
Lead 0.25   0.25
Lindane 0.11    
Oil (dispersed)     6.0
Pentachlorophenol 0.01 0.01  
Phenol 14.0    
Selenium (selenite) 0.1    
Tetrachloromethane     2.5
Toluene 6.0    
Tributyltinoxide (TBTO) 0.006   0.01
Trichlorethylene 8.0    
Xylene 16.0    
Zinc 0.5   0.5