Imagine that you found these organisms in a river. Would that be a good or a bad signal? Do some web searching in order to know some characteristics of the organisms. That will help you! Don’t forget to copy the table in your notebook.
Indicator organisms |
Good ecological status |
Poor ecological status |
Austropotamobius pallipes | ||
Ephemera danica | ||
Sympetrum fonscolombii | ||
Bithunia tentaculata | ||
Hydrometra stagnorum | ||
Salmo trutta | ||
Cyprinus carpi | ||
Nitzschia palea | ||
Gyrosigma attenuatum | ||
Cuereta citrina | ||
Parus major | ||
Rattus rattus |