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Macroinvertebrate data: 11-07-2012



School: Enterprise High School

Date and time: Nov. 7, 2012, 10:55 a.m.

Water quality: Excellent

Number of people sorting/identifying: 5

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 25 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 60.71%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
4
Mayfly
7
Riffle beetle
1
Stonefly
6
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
1
Sensitive total
15
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
1
Fishfly
1
Alderfly
1
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
6
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
6
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1