articleFrontiers in Life ScienceApr 2, 2016Closed access

Bioindicators: the natural indicator of environmental pollution

National Forensic Sciences University

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Abstract

Bioindicators are living organisms such as plants, planktons, animals, and microbes, which are utilized to screen the health of the natural ecosystem in the environment. They are used for assessing environmental health and biogeographic changes taking place in the environment. Each organic entity inside a biological system provides an indication regarding the health of its surroundings such as plankton responding rapidly to changes taking place in the surrounding environment and serving as an important biomarker for assessing the quality of water as well as an indicator of water pollution. Even the health of aquatic flora is best reflected by plankton, which acts as an early warning signal. In this review we…

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Keywords
  • Bioindicator
  • Plankton
  • Natural (archaeology)
  • Environmental science
  • Pollution
  • Environmental quality
  • Water quality
  • Ecology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Clean water and sanitation
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