Using Benthic Macro-invertebrates as a Way to Assess Aquatic Pollution Levels blog

Using Benthic Macro-invertebrates as a Way to Assess Aquatic Pollution Levels - Watersheds Canada – Work, Live & Play in Healthy Lakes and Rivers

Benthic macroinvertebrates are excellent bio-indicators of freshwater health, since they spend large parts of their lifecycle in the water and are very sensitive to different levels of pollution they encounter over their lifetime. Read this blog post to learn about how biomonitoring works, what some of the key species are, and how you can take part in benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring yourself.