to stress at many levels (e.g. individual, population, community),
include members of multiple trophic levels, and have a cosmopolitan
distribution. Additionally, fish are highly mobile, so they may
respond quickly to disturbance by moving to undisturbed areas.
Another compelling reason cited for the use of fish as indicators of
environmental quality is that the consequences of environmental
damage are more easily communicated to non-scientist stakeholderswhenportrayed
in terms of fish communities and the ecosystem
services provided by the assemblage