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Macroinvertebrate data: 08-13-2011



School: Cheldelin Middle School

Date and time: Aug. 13, 2011, 9:43 a.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 2

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 30 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 85.19%

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

Field notes: Gilled snail - 1 found

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
1
Mayfly
18
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
4
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
9
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
1
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
1
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
1
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
1
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2