Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Video Project
Closed Captioned: |
Running Time: 34 mins
Country of Origin: United States
Study Guide: No |
Copyright Date: 2002
Available in French: No
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Fresh Water Flowing explores the connection between humans and rivers and reveals links between human influences and the ability of a river to support healthy living communities. The program reveals the importance of a river's biological integrity and demonstrates how measuring biological condition with the index of biological integrity (IBI) can be a powerful tool for maintaining and restoring the health of watersheds. Biological Monitoring Protocol introduces IBI as the best yardstick for measuring the health of rivers and streams. Measuring pollutants such as temperature, phosphorus, or toxic chemicals may tell you if a river is clean, but only a direct biological yardstick like IBI will tell you if a river is healthy. This video outlines the equipment and techniques needed to use this biological yardstick. |
