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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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    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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    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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    Pesticide contamination in the environment can be monitored through bioindicators such as bee pollinators. In one study, the human health and environmental...
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  • examples. Biological processes within an organism can also work as bioindicators. Scientists are able to look at an individual's biological processes...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Lichen (category Bioindicators)
    Common lichen growth forms A lichen (/ˈlaɪkən/ LY-kən, UK also /ˈlɪtʃən/ LITCH-ən) is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple...
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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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    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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    general adaptability, A. altiparanae is an ideal species to use as a bioindicator for various aspects of ecosystem health. This is especially the case...
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    Trace fossil (category Bioindicators)
    A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil ( /ˈɪknoʊfɒsɪl/; from Greek: ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms...
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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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    Copepod (category Bioindicators)
    Copepods (/ˈkoʊpəpɒd/; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic...
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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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  • 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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    sensitive to marine pollution. The common starfish is considered to be a bioindicator for marine ecosystems. A 2009 study found that P. ochraceus is unlikely...
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    Mytella guyanensis is a species of tropical saltwater mussel, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. This species has been referred to colloquially...
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    biological techniques are often employed, including radioimmunoassays. See bioindicator. Water pollution control requirements in the United States require some...
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    (such as cancer). A. bimaculatus can be used as a biological indicator (bioindicator) of pollutants that may be genotoxic, based upon the formation of micronuclei...
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    1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.05.008. ISSN 0304-3800. S2CID 90384249. "Frogs | Bioindicators". Savethefrogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-21. Mazzotti, F.J.; Best...
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    The latter reputation is mainly based on the absence of present-day bioindicators, especially immunological and statistical tools developed in light of...
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    common to all bioindicators, as some may act as indicators for a different environmental factor, such as the pool frog acting as a bioindicator of water quality...
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    hydrocarbons (TPH), surfactants and pesticides. The use of a biomonitor or bioindicator is described as biological monitoring. This refers to the measurement...
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    taxonomy. Areas of research include bryophyte taxonomy, bryophytes as bioindicators, DNA sequencing, and the interdependency of bryophytes and other plant...
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    roller's food source. They are widely used in ecological research as a good bioindicator group to examine the impacts of climate disturbances, such as extreme...
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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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