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Macroinvertebrate data: 01-07-2016



School: Taft High School

Date and time: Jan. 7, 2016, 2:56 p.m.

Water quality: Poor

Number of people sorting/identifying: 8

Water type: pool

Time spent sorting/identifying: 18 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 20.00%

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

Field notes: There were also Torrent Sculpin and an unidentified critter to be in the somewhat sensitive category.  

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