Ref. No. [UMCES]CBL 2013-021
ACT VS12-05
SUMMARY of INSTRUMENT RESPONSE ACROSS ALL TEST APPLICATIONS
Overall, the FLCDRTD fluorometer exhibited a linear response to challenge analyte
concentrations for several of the compounds tested, however, clear differences in the
measurement response occur based on having fluorescence properties best match the optical
configuration of the instrument package (Fig. 16). “Packaging” of oil droplets also appeared to
have a significant impact on response level as seen by differences in the dispersed versus non-
dispersed trials at BIO-COOGER and as seen within the spread of the BIO-COOGER data in
figure 16.
Care should be taken in specific interpretation of environmental fluorescence
signals in absence of analytical reference samples.
