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Macroinvertebrate data: 10-25-2016



School: Obsidian Middle School

Date and time: Oct. 25, 2016, 12:39 p.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 4

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 90.48%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
14
Mayfly
12
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
12
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
9
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
1
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
2
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
3
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
1