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Macroinvertebrate Lab Report – MAJOR GRADE for AQSCI - answer with complete sentences.

Macroinvertebrate Lab Report – MAJOR GRADE for AQSCI - answer with complete sentences. Sort through your Mac trap. Use poster, flash cards, internet site http://people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/Key/MacroKeyIntro.HTML .

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Macroinvertebrate Lab Report – MAJOR GRADE for AQSCI - answer with complete sentences.

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  1. Macroinvertebrate Lab Report – MAJOR GRADE for AQSCI - answer with complete sentences. • Sort through your Mac trap. Use poster, flash cards, internet site http://people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/Key/MacroKeyIntro.HTML. • Based on the findings from the MBI Calculator at http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/chenpe/RiverWatch/MBI_calculator.html, how does our pond rate? • Not all of the species you find will be on the MBI calculator. Bringing in the non-index species, do you think that your MBI rating is an accurate assessment? Why or why not? • What factors have the greatest effect on the macroinvertebrate life in that pond? List at least 3. • Macroinvertebrates are considered by most limnologists to be a more accurate indicator of water quality than vertebrates. Why do you think this might be? • How might the pond’s water quality be improved? • If it was improved, list 5 macroinvertebrates that may then be found in future benthic surveys. • What would you do to improve the accuracy of this lab? List 3 things. BONUS: WHAT IS A LIMNOLOGIST? TURN IN YOUR LAB REPORT WITH YOUR SURVEY STAPLED TO IT!

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