chevron_left Back to Crowley Creek

Crowley Creek

Macroinvertebrate data: 05-02-2017



School: Taft High School

Date and time: May 2, 2017, 11 a.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 12

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 60 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 76.47%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
3
Mayfly
20
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
3
Water penny
2
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
12
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
3
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
1
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
1
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
1
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2