Title: Describe common fish and aquatic species in a given area.
Course: Introduction to Natural Resources and Ecology Systems (18504) > Section: Managing Aquatic Resources

Description should include

- characteristics
- locations
- habitats
- feeding patterns
- spawning/mating patterns
- aquatic species (i.e., amphibians, bivalves, benthic macroinvertebrates, shellfish).

Teacher Resource:

- Virginia DWR Virginia Fishes

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does temperature correlate to the species present?
- What effect does water quality have on the population?
- What man-made entities exist to benefit a species in a given area?
- How does pollution correlate to the presence/absence of a species?
- What role do macroinvertebrates play in the aquatic habitat? On the fish population and other aquatic species?