Description should include
- characteristics
- locations
- habitats
- feeding patterns
- spawning/mating patterns
- aquatic species (i.e., amphibians, bivalves, benthic macroinvertebrates, shellfish)
- invasive aquatic species monitoring.
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?
Teacher Resource: Virginia DWR Virginia Fishes