TERM: Description of glossary term.


indicator species

Contesto: Ecology.

A fish species the condition of which informs about the general state of the body of water it lives in. It is sensitive to poor parameters of the environment.

Referenza

Coad, Brian & D.E. McAllister. 2007. "Dictionary of Ichtyology". Brian W. Coad. Retrieved on June 21, 2014, from:http://www.briancoad.com/Dictionary/Complete%20Dictionary.htm (crc06223)

Synonym: bioindicator

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