The monitoring form has a section that asks how many benthic organisms and fish you saw. These species present can be helpful indicators of water quality. But what is a benthic organism?
Benthic Macroinvertebrates are small aquatic animals without backbones who live in the sediment, on plants, logs and other substrate in water. This aquatic includes clams, worms, crayfish, aquatic nymph stages of insects, and more.
Interested in identifying species that you come across while water monitoring? Try out these apps:
Seek - photo identification