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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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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 Midge Fly Larvae Scud or amphipod Illustrations by

11 AquaticEarthworm, Rat-tailed Maggot, Nematode


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