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Metolius River Water Quality Project

Macroinvertebrate data: 10-25-2016



School: Obsidian Middle School

Date and time: Oct. 25, 2016, 12:24 p.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 9

Water type: pool

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 80.61%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
39
Mayfly
16
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
24
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
9
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
1
Scud
0
Fishfly
2
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
12
Blackfly
2
Leech
0
Midge
2
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
3