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OC Brown Park - North Fork Deer Creek
Macroinvertebrate data: 05-05-2016
School: Tyee Outdoor Experience
Date and time: May 5, 2016, 3:28 p.m.
Water quality: Fair
Number of people sorting/identifying: 6
Water type: riffle
Time spent sorting/identifying: 40 minutes
Weather:
Percent EPT: 86.96%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Field notes: Samples were taken by mixed age groups of homeschool students. We took 2 samples on 2 different days of the same week. Since this was a lesson more focused on stream ecology, we did not do a thorough count but we identified most of the species to give us a good idea of stream health. In places where 20 were indicated, we did not finish a full count but 20+ of that macro were found.
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Caddisfly![]() |
0 |
Mayfly![]() |
20 |
Riffle beetle![]() |
1 |
Stonefly![]() |
20 |
Water penny![]() |
0 |
Dobsonfly![]() |
0 |
Sensitive total |
9 |
Somewhat Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Clam/mussel
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0 |
Crane fly
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0 |
Crayfish
![]() |
0 |
Damselfly
![]() |
0 |
Dragonfly
![]() |
0 |
Scud
![]() |
0 |
Fishfly
![]() |
0 |
Alderfly
![]() |
0 |
Mite
![]() |
0 |
Somewhat sensitive total |
0 |
Tolerant
Count | |
---|---|
Aquatic worm
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0 |
Blackfly
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0 |
Leech
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0 |
Midge
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0 |
Snail
![]() |
5 |
Mosquito larva
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0 |
Tolerant total |
1 |