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Species very sensitive to changes in the environment, and whose presence or absence may be indicative of environmental conditions in a particular area or habitat. They serve the same purpose as the caged birds kept in old mines whose sudden death indicated presence of carbon monoxide.
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indicator organisms is in the Environment & Pollution Control subject.
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