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Aquatic Indicators Text: Ted Schaffer Editor: Laurie Rosenberg Assistant Editor: Nadine Smith Illustrator: Jamie Buckwalter MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
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Living Things as Indictors of Water Quality
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Esherichia Coli (E. Coli) http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli
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E. Coli Colonies on Agar Plate http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli
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Dissolved Oxygen Testing
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Collecting Aquatic Organisms
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Fast running streams with cold water - high dissolved oxygen levels. Still, shallow bodies of water - low dissolved oxygen levels.
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Larvae: Dobsonfly, Mayfly, Stonefly Illustrations by
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Damselfly adult and larvae (with gills) http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
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Examples of Fairly Tolerant Organisms Midge Fly Larvae Scud or amphipod Illustrations by
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AquaticEarthworm, Rat-tailed Maggot, Nematode
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