chevron_left Back to Camp Creek

Camp Creek

Macroinvertebrate data: 10-07-2010



School: Enterprise High School

Date and time: Oct. 7, 2010, 10:50 a.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 5

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 15 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 68.42%

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

Field notes: we collected four samples both in riffles and pools. We also collected a water scorpion and sculpin. When we weren't looking the water scorpion grasped the sculpin and killed it.

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
0
Mayfly
4
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
9
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
6
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
1
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
3
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
2
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1