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Joseph Prairie Creek
Macroinvertebrate data: 11-15-2012
School: Enterprise High School
Date and time: Nov. 15, 2012, 4:07 p.m.
Water quality: Excellent
Number of people sorting/identifying: 2
Water type: riffle
Time spent sorting/identifying: 15 minutes
Weather:
Percent EPT: 56.52%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Caddisfly
|
3 |
Mayfly
|
10 |
Riffle beetle
|
0 |
Stonefly
|
26 |
Water penny
|
0 |
Dobsonfly
|
0 |
| Sensitive total |
9 |
Somewhat Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Clam/mussel
|
0 |
Crane fly
|
12 |
Crayfish
|
0 |
Damselfly
|
0 |
Dragonfly
|
0 |
Scud
|
1 |
Fishfly
|
5 |
Alderfly
|
0 |
Mite
|
1 |
|
Somewhat sensitive total |
8 |
Tolerant
| Count | |
|---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
0 |
Blackfly
|
0 |
Leech
|
1 |
Midge
|
1 |
Snail
|
9 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
|
Tolerant total |
3 |