TERM: Description of glossary term.
Kontext: Ecology
indicator species
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
Literatur
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