Talk:Indicator species

Indicator Species for Ancient Woodland in England
Why is this section even in here at all: "Indicator Species for Ancient Woodland in England"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.224.244.220 (talk) 05:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Good question. The section should be moved to another article (I'm not sure where), or deleted. Moreau1 (talk) 21:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Bioindicators
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that chemicals can be the biggest example of bioindicators.

I just added the Gray Jay to the Category:Indicator species of North America. They are probably being impacted by warming in: fall, winter, spring temperatures-(Global warming).

If you want to spend some time on wikipedia, then develop the articles first. Both articles, Indicator species, and Bioindicators are very under-developed, or have errors ( ! ). I just adjusted the Paragraph information to the preview for: Category:Indicator species of North America...  So, go develop the articles, then you will find that "indicator species" of various Regions of the world is just a subset, referred to in: Bioindicators. ..from the "Sonoran Desert"--Mmcannis 14:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Voting
A repeat, Again.. the biggest bio-indicators are: C h e m i c a l s.... See for example: Chesapeake Bay, and its bio-indicator pollutants.

From the desert of AZ-..I vote: No Merge. Create 2- Articles. ....-Mmcannis 19:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

In practice, indicator species are used as a proxy for determining chemical contamination, because the effects of chemical contamination can still be evident when the chemicals are not actually present. This is particularly important in fresh water environments; point discharges of pollutants that wash downstream cannot be measured if polluters always obey the law whenever scientists or regulating authorities are performing measurements. Using diatometers or examining the species distribution of mayflies upstream and downstream can reveal very specific details of the chemicals that have been released into the water in the past. --Charlie

Merge?
Should Indicator_plant be merged with this page? - 2601:E:1802:E600:BC8C:7D8:C8CF:3AEF (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

YES. Both plant and animal species are used as indicators in field research and regulatory enforcement. There is no reason to have separate pages for a subset of indicators based on whether they conform to an obsolete animal/vegetable/mineral trichotomy. I would not go so far as to make one gigantic bioindicators page, but a separate page for Indicator_plant is overkill. --Charlie

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