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Joseph City Park
Macroinvertebrate data: 10-17-2017
School: Abernethy Elementary School
Date and time: Oct. 17, 2017, noon
Water quality: Fair
Number of people sorting/identifying: 3
Water type: riffle
Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes
Weather: sunny/partly cloudy
Percent EPT: 74.07%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Field notes: Water type: both riffle & pool
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Caddisfly |
7 |
Mayfly |
3 |
Riffle beetle |
0 |
Stonefly |
10 |
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
|
1 |
Somewhat sensitive total |
2 |
Tolerant
Count | |
---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
2 |
Blackfly
|
0 |
Leech
|
0 |
Midge
|
1 |
Snail
|
3 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
Tolerant total |
3 |