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    Environtal Biology

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    Biological indicators, or bioindicators, are species that can reveal the health of an environment through changes in their biological functions, populations, or status. Living organisms like plants and animals will respond to environmental changes through biological, chemical, behavioral or physiological modifications. Bioindicators are classified based on factors like the type of pollution, habitat, physiology, behavior, or structure. Common bioindicator species include plants like mosses and lichens that accumulate heavy metals, as well as animals like fish, insects, and microbes that indicate water quality. Monitoring these bioindicator species allows assessment of environmental problems and their management.

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    Biological indicators, or bioindicators, are species that can reveal the health of an environment through changes in their biological functions, populations, or status. Living organisms like plants and animals will respond to environmental changes through biological, chemical, behavioral or physiological modifications. Bioindicators are classified based on factors like the type of pollution, habitat, physiology, behavior, or structure. Common bioindicator species include plants like mosses and lichens that accumulate heavy metals, as well as animals like fish, insects, and microbes that indicate water quality. Monitoring these bioindicator species allows assessment of environmental problems and their management.

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    Biological indicators, or bioindicators, are species that can reveal the health of an environment through changes in their biological functions, populations, or status. Living organisms like plants and animals will respond to environmental changes through biological, chemical, behavioral or physiological modifications. Bioindicators are classified based on factors like the type of pollution, habitat, physiology, behavior, or structure. Common bioindicator species include plants like mosses and lichens that accumulate heavy metals, as well as animals like fish, insects, and microbes that indicate water quality. Monitoring these bioindicator species allows assessment of environmental problems and their management.

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    Biological indicators, or bioindicators, are species that can reveal the health of an environment through changes in their biological functions, populations, or status. Living organisms like plants and animals will respond to environmental changes through biological, chemical, behavioral or physiological modifications. Bioindicators are classified based on factors like the type of pollution, habitat, physiology, behavior, or structure. Common bioindicator species include plants like mosses and lichens that accumulate heavy metals, as well as animals like fish, insects, and microbes that indicate water quality. Monitoring these bioindicator species allows assessment of environmental problems and their management.

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    BIOINDICATOR

    WHAT IS BIOINDICATOR:
    Biological indicators are species that can be used to monitor the health of an environment.
    They are any biological species whose function, population, or status can reveal what degree
    of environmental integrity is present.

    Living organism like plant and animal, give particular response for a particular changes in the
    environment. When any particular changes are found in any ecosystem the bio indicators give
    a response by changing in their biological, chemical, behavioural and physiological changes.

    CLASSIFICATION OF BIOINDICATOR:
    For the classification of bio indicator there are many scales like;

    On the basic of pollution,

    On the basic of habitat,

    On the basic their physiology,

    On the basic of their behaviour,

    On the basic of structure etc.

    According to the flora and fauna, bio indicators are classified as:

    Plant as bio indicator,

    Animal as bio indicator,

    PLANT AS BIOINDICATOR :
    Plant organisms play an important role in their natural habitats. They supply oxygen, control
    organic substance circulation and biological balance of the soil and bottom deposits , provide
    food and shelter to other organisms.

    Plants are indicate about pollution and other environmental changes like rain, draught, pH,
    alkalinity etc. many plant like Tradescanyia, Vicia faba etc. are act as bio indicator. Tropical
    forest indicate heavy rain fall.

    Lower group of plants, algae have extensively used as indicator of water pollution. Colonies
    of Scenedesmus obliguos were used for monitoring cadmium and lead pollution in river basin
    in Thailand and Germany.
    Mosses and lichens are applied as indicators of environmental pollution due to their capacity
    to accumulate and store heavy metals and other toxins.

    MOSSES LICHENS

    animal AS BIOINDICATOR :
    Vertebrate animal like fish have been use as water pollution indicator for many years.

    Rat tailed maggot lives in sewage polluted water.

    Flatworm lives in slightly polluted water.

    Fresh water shrimp lives only in fresh water.

    FRESH WATER SHRIMP

    MICROBES AS BIOINDICATOR :
    Microorganisms can be used as indicators of aquatic or terrestrial ecosystem health. Some
    microorganisms will produce new proteins, called stress proteins. When exposed to
    contaminants like cadmium and benzene. These stress proteins can be used as an early
    warning system to detect high levels of pollution.
    ALGAE AQUATIC MICROBES

    Conclusion :
    Every animal and plant has a specific quality therefore, in the management of environmental
    health all the flora and fauna can be use according to their quality. With the help of these
    indicators we can maintain the environmental problem.

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