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