Bioindicators

Traditionally, the health of aquatic systems has been inferred from water quality monitoring. It is important to recognise that water quality itself is only an indicator, and therefore "good" water quality does not necessarily relate to "healthy" systems.

In many cases , bioindicators can be used to assess management actions by measuring ecological change. The team has experience in the following:

	Bioindicator	As a response to
	Epiphytes	Nutrients
	Seagrass	Sedimentation
	Sponges	Turbidity
	Fish	Water quality, aquatic vegetation
	Macroinvertebrates	Water quality
	Mussels	Turbidity, Water quality