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Aquatic Indicators

Aquatic Indicators. Text: Ted Schaffer Editor: Laurie Rosenberg Assistant Editor: Nadine Smith Illustrator: Jamie Buckwalter. MUHLENBERG COLLEGE. Living Things as Indictors of Water Quality. Esherichia Coli (E. Coli). http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli.

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Aquatic Indicators

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  1. Aquatic Indicators Text: Ted Schaffer Editor: Laurie Rosenberg Assistant Editor: Nadine Smith Illustrator: Jamie Buckwalter MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

  2. Living Things as Indictors of Water Quality

  3. Esherichia Coli (E. Coli) http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli

  4. E. Coli Colonies on Agar Plate http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli

  5. Dissolved Oxygen Testing

  6. Collecting Aquatic Organisms

  7. Fast running streams with cold water - high dissolved oxygen levels. Still, shallow bodies of water - low dissolved oxygen levels.

  8. Larvae: Dobsonfly, Mayfly, Stonefly Illustrations by

  9. Damselfly adult and larvae (with gills) http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca

  10. Examples of Fairly Tolerant Organisms Scud or amphipod Midge Fly Larvae Illustrations by

  11. AquaticEarthworm, Rat-tailed Maggot, Nematode

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