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A bioindicator is any species or group of species whose function, population, or status can reveal the qualitative status of the environment. The most common indicator species are animals. For example
Caddisfly (order Trichoptera), a macroinvertebrate used as an indicator of water quality.
The lichen Lobaria pulmonaria is sensitive to air pollution.
Populations of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) are especially susceptible to the West Nile Virus, and can be used as a bioindicator species for the disease's presence in an area.
Caddisfly
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The caddisflies are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and A
Bioindicator
…Caddisfly (order Trichoptera), a macroinvertebrate used as an indicator of water quality. A bioindicator is any species (an indicator species) or group of species whose function…
Eocene fossil in Baltic amber, Lithuania (44mya)
Larva with portable case of rock fragments
Larva emerging from case made of plant material