Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Aquatic Life Declines at Early Stages of Urban Development

The number of native fish and aquatic insects, especially those that are pollution sensitive, declines in urban and suburban streams at low levels of development — levels often considered protective for stream communities, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS study examinee the effects of urbanization on algae, aquatic insects,