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Macroinvertebrate data: 10-21-2015



School: Enterprise High School

Date and time: Oct. 21, 2015, 10:03 a.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 7

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 47.62%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
2
Mayfly
11
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
7
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
2
Alderfly
0
Mite
2
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
18
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1