January, 2004
Arizona Water Resources,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
13,
no.
4,
16
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
January, 2004
Biological monitoring, or biomonitoring as it is more commonly known, and water quality testing set out to accomplish similar objectives, although they have different focuses. The objective of both activities is to identify and measure substances or contaminants, with water quality testing focusing on water and biomonitoring looking within the human body.