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Macroinvertebrate data: 03-09-2015



School: South Santiam Watershed Council

Date and time: March 9, 2015, 12:15 p.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 6

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 15 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 97.96%

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

Field notes: Group 2:  Kayla Yarbrough, Ashley Visconti, Cassi Lien, Eva Barrett, Ryan Retsay, Veronica Jorgensen

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
10
Mayfly
30
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
8
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
1
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1