Microscope Club

Tim Sexton, Senior Species and Recording Officer, Rutland Water Nature Reserve.
Aquatic Invertebrates play a vital part in the freshwater ecosystem. They are also invaluable indicators of water quality, with healthy communities indicating clean water with low impact from pollution and nutrient enrichment. Aquatic invertebrates have been studied in detail at Rutland Water in recent years, in relation to water quality within the eight Lagoons. During this session, we will have a short introduction to the survey work done at the Nature Reserve and then learn how to identify one particular group of aquatic invertebrates - the Corixidae (or Water Boatmen), which could in themselves be used as indicators of water quality.

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