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Joseph Prairie Creek
Macroinvertebrate data: 10-09-2013
School: Enterprise High School
Date and time: Oct. 9, 2013, 12:15 p.m.
Water quality: Excellent
Number of people sorting/identifying: 3
Water type: riffle
Time spent sorting/identifying: 35 minutes
Weather:
Percent EPT: 61.22%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Caddisfly |
37 |
Mayfly |
3 |
Riffle beetle |
5 |
Stonefly |
20 |
Water penny |
0 |
Dobsonfly |
4 |
Sensitive total |
15 |
Somewhat Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Clam/mussel
|
0 |
Crane fly
|
0 |
Crayfish
|
0 |
Damselfly
|
1 |
Dragonfly
|
0 |
Scud
|
1 |
Fishfly
|
0 |
Alderfly
|
0 |
Mite
|
8 |
Somewhat sensitive total |
6 |
Tolerant
Count | |
---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
13 |
Blackfly
|
1 |
Leech
|
0 |
Midge
|
2 |
Snail
|
3 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
Tolerant total |
4 |