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Macroinvertebrate data: 10-25-2010



School: Enterprise High School

Date and time: Oct. 25, 2010, 2:06 p.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 3

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 60.61%

Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
10
Mayfly
4
Riffle beetle
4
Stonefly
6
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
12
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
3
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
3
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
1
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
2
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2