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Stream insects live well in Yorkshire

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Earth Times

Publication Date
2017-07-21

Benthic stream invertebrates are among the best known indicators. They tell us almost immediately how pure freshwater is and exactly how many of our rivers are recovering from any pollution. These canaries in the coal mine are thriving surprisingly well in the low pH of streams in the English North Yorkshire Moors. Sam Jones and Peter J Mayhew, appropriately at the University of York, publish a very interesting twist on this usage in the journal, Inland Waters as A comparison of upland stream invertebrates in moorland and coniferous woodland in North York Moors National Park, UK.

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http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/stream-insects-live-yorkshire/3020/