Citizens Environment Watch

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Citizens Environment Watch

• Water Quality Monitoring
• with Benthic Macroinvertebrates
• Benthic Macroinvertebrate Identification Quiz

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BMI Identification Quiz

• You will be presented with images of 10 different
  kinds of benthic macroinvertebrate
• For each image, identify the benthic
  macroinvertebrate (0.5 mark) and (using correct
  scientific terminology) list one unique
  characteristic of that benthic macroinvertebrate
  (0.5 mark)

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http//www.microscopyu.com/moviegallery/pondscum/p
latyhelminthes/dalyellia/
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2.
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3.
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4.
http//mywebpages.comcast.net/kils/hyperia/hyperia
1.htm
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
http//insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/imag
es/b-txt/bimg221.html
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10.
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• Thank You!
• For more information, please contact
• Citizens Environment Watch
• 147 Spadina Ave. Suite 204
• Toronto ON M5V 2L7
• P [phone]
• F [phone]
• www.citizensenvironmentwatch.org
• info_at_citizensenvironmentwatch.org