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    A bioindicator is any species (an indicator species) or group of species whose function, population, or status can reveal the qualitative status of the...
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    indicator. In fact, the plant has all the characteristics of a good bioindicator: It is a benthic species; Has a long life cycle; Is widespread throughout...
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    linked to the consumption of contaminated fish. H. aimara is a good bioindicator of such contamination. This is the largest of the Hoplias species with...
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    transport or "goldrush" behavior appeared. Bivalve molluscs are used as bioindicators to monitor the health of aquatic environments in both fresh water and...
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    widespread, and susceptible to the West Nile virus, making them useful as a bioindicator to track the virus's spread. Direct transmission of the virus from crows...
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  • Photobacterium phosphoreum is a Gram-negative, bioluminescent bacterium living in symbiosis with deep-sea marine organisms, such as anglerfish. It can...
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    Pearson, David L.; Barrera, Roberto R. (1998). "A test for the adequacy of bioindicator taxa: Are tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) appropriate indicators...
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    organisms ideal for studying water contamination. Benthos can be used as bioindicators of water pollution through ecological population assessments or through...
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    Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida. M. polymorpha is highly variable in appearance and contains...
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    of study. These special characteristics make Pediastrum useful as a bioindicator. Therefore, Pediastrum is very useful in the fields of paleoecology and...
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    where caddisflies are known as "sedges". Caddisflies are useful as bioindicators, as they are sensitive to water pollution and are large enough to be...
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    sulphur dioxide and heavy metals, Hypogymnia physodes is often used in bioindicator and biomonitoring studies that enable the assessment of air pollution...
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    and of Georgia in 2005. American green tree frogs can also be used as bioindicators for aquatic contamination. Synthetic compounds such as polychlorinated...
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    J.; Botes, Antoinette (2002). "The verification and application of bioindicators: A case study of dung beetles in a savanna ecosystem". Journal of Applied...
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    Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, Indochina mantis and Harabiro Mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the...
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    Newts, as with salamanders in general and other amphibians, serve as bioindicators because of their thin, sensitive skin and evidence of their presence...
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    predation. Ground beetles like Nebria brevicollis serve as effective bioindicators for studying environmental impacts of human activities. Alterations...
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    vulnerable to marine pollution. The common starfish is considered to be a bioindicator species for marine ecosystems. A 2009 study found that P. ochraceus is...
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    their environment. There are limitations to the use of bivalves as bioindicators. The level of pollutants found in the tissues varies with species, age...
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    Arnica does not grow on lime soil, thus it is an extremely reliable bioindicator for nutrient poor and acidic soils. It is rare overall, but may be locally...
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    (2021-05-19). "American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) as restoration bioindicators in the Florida Everglades". PLOS ONE. 16 (5): e0250510. Bibcode:2021PLoSO...
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    organisms. They are sensitive to water pollution, so are sometimes used as bioindicators to monitor water quality. The head of a mysid bears two pairs of antennae...
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    streams like the ones it inhabits). Furthermore, it is considered a good bioindicator of trace metals in the ecosystems of the Yucatán Peninsula, because of...
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    metals and has therefore been suggested to have a possible role as a bioindicator for pollution. Conocephalum conicum takes up ions from both the soil...
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    member of the Euglenaceae. E. gracilis was discovered as an effective bioindicator for phenol pollution in freshwater ecosystems and drainage. Their brief...
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    (2): 127–137. doi:10.18785/negs.1002.06. Jill A. Jenkins (2004). Fish Bioindicators of Ecosystem Condition at the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana. USGS National...
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    reserves: the case of the Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus) as a bioindicator". Integrative Zoology. 14 (5): 422–434. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12371....
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    over 260 gastropod species worldwide. Imposex serves as a sensitive bioindicator for monitoring organotin pollution in marine environments. The severity...
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    growing primarily on trees but occasionally on rocks, and are sensitive bioindicators of air quality, thriving only in unpolluted environments. The genus...
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  • Jun; Zhang, Yongyong; Zhao, Changsen; Bunn, Stuart E. (August 2014). "Bioindicator Assessment Framework of River Ecosystem Health and the Detection of Factors...
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