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Macroinvertebrate data: 03-09-2015



School: South Santiam Watershed Council

Date and time: March 9, 2015, 1:47 p.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 6

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 97.30%

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

Field notes: Group 1:  Lyn Leckie, Jaylene Johnson, AJ Wittrig, Tyler Hoerauf, Orasio Lopez, Cale Thompson

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
5
Mayfly
25
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
6
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
9
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
0
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
0
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
1
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1