Assertion: delta smelt | /r/HasProperty | a indicator species
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Maligned by agribusiness groups and San Joaquin Valley Republican Congressman as a “small minnow” supposedly standing in the way of deliveries of Delta water to irrigators, the Delta Smelt is in fact a indicator species that demonstrates the health of the Delta ecosystem like the proverbial “canary in the mine.
text: Delta Smelt is often called an indicator species—a species representing the overall health of the Estuary ecosystem.