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Macroinvertebrate data: 10-09-2013



School: Enterprise High School

Date and time: Oct. 9, 2013, 10:40 a.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 2

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 30 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 59.52%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
11
Mayfly
4
Riffle beetle
3
Stonefly
10
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
12
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
1
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
4
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
7
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
2
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2