Education
How Acid Rain Is Formed
Impacts of Acid Rain and Episodic Events
- Fish cannot live in low pH water
- Invertebrates cannot live
- No natural reproduction of fish or their food
- Early life stages of water species will not develop
pH Tolerances of Species
• pH 6.5: Trout, Bass, Frogs Mayflies, Clams, Sunfish, Snails, Salamanders
• pH 6.0: Trout, Bass, Frogs, Mayflies, Sunfish, Salamanders, Crayfish
• pH 5.5: Frogs, Sunfish, Salamander
• pH 5.0: Frogs