Conservation and Management
Aquatic Identification
Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Macroinvertebrates
Standard Aquatic Species
100
What are the 2 types of pollution?
Point-source and Non-point source
100
Because many are highly sensitive to pollution, macroinvertebrates make good bio-_____
Bioindicators
100
The _ _ _ _ crab is abundant here and is an important fixture of the local economy
Blue crab
100
The dominance of sensitive organisms indicates:
Good water quality
100
What is this Standard NC Aquatic Species
Largemouth Bass
200
In coal-burning and nuclear power plants, water is used to absorb excess heat and is then returned to the river. What type of pollution does this cause?
Thermal pollution
200
Terrestrial animals that must live near water because they lay soft, jelly-like eggs like fish
Amphibians
200
This large bird loves to spend the winter in the lakes of this river basin
Geese (and swans)
200
What is this Tolerant organism?:
Flatworm (Planeria)
200
What are the 2 colors of Crappies found throughout NC
Black and White 
300
What do human-made dams block?
Possible answers:
Spread of nutrient-rich sediments
Fish migration
Fish spawning sites
300
What are the 2 types of plankton
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton
(Phyto: autotrophic (ex: blue-green algae, diatoms)
Zoo: heterotrophic (ex: krill, water louse)
300
This bivalve mollusk is found where else on Earth but in the Tar River
Tar River spinymussel
300
What is this Sensitive organism?:
Water Penny
300
What is this Standard NC Aquatic Species (Hint: Look at the gills)
Bluegill
400
What is biomagnification (Hint: It has something to do with toxins in the ecosystem)
The accumulation of toxins higher up on the food chain
400
What do fish use to find their way back to the stream where they hatched to spawn?
Their nostrils
400
The Pamlico River ends at the coast, but it begins at the Tar River in this region of NC
Piedmont
400
What is this Moderately sensitive organism?:
(Hint: What type of insect nymph is this?)
Damselfly (nymph)
400
Which is an invasive species in NC? (The other is native)
Rainbow trout or Brook trout?
Rainbow trout is invasive
500
Acids, salts, and caustics belong to which pollution category?
Inorganic chemicals
500
Growth rings that fish scales grow from
Annuli
500
How many people live in this river basin?
About 500,000
500
What type of fly larvae uses stones, leaves, and sticks to create a case around itself for protection?
Caddisfly larvae
500
One of the 2026 fish:
_ _ _ _ _ Sunfish
Green Sunfish