Malana /ma-la-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ma-LAH-nah. It is of Hawaiian origin, and the meaning of Malana is buoyant, light.
The benefit of Type 5 indicators is the ability to provide a distinct pass/fail result providing the confidence of sterility prior to releasing the load. Type 5 indicators closely mimic biological monitoring but since they do not contain spores, will not replace the need for weekly biological testing.
The other type of biomonitoring is to ensure compliance with regulations or guidelines or to ensure water quality is maintained. Biomonitoring involves the use of indicators, indicator species or indicator communities. Generally benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, and/or algae are used. Certain aquatic plants have also been used as indicator species for pollutants including nutrient enrichment (Phillips and Rainbow, 1993; Batiuk et al., 1992).