Measuring Ecological Health - Slide 6
Why Use Biological Indicators?
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- Historic Aquatic Indicators – Measured characteristics of the physical/chemical environment and related them to the biological condition of an aquatic system
- Aquatic Biological Indicators – Direct measure of health of aquatic ecosystem, integrates stressors, and the public can relate to them

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