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Macroinvertebrate data: 05-30-2018
School: Health and Science School
Date and time: May 30, 2018, 9 a.m.
Water quality: Fair
Number of people sorting/identifying: 9
Water type: pool
Time spent sorting/identifying: 120 minutes
Weather: Sunny, dry
Percent EPT: 11.11%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Field notes: Good day to be outside. The water we sampled was very tepid, with algae and plants in it, etc. We got some nice samples f water with zome macros.
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Caddisfly
|
0 |
Mayfly
|
0 |
Riffle beetle
|
0 |
Stonefly
|
1 |
Water penny
|
0 |
Dobsonfly
|
0 |
| Sensitive total |
3 |
Somewhat Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Clam/mussel
|
1 |
Crane fly
|
1 |
Crayfish
|
1 |
Damselfly
|
0 |
Dragonfly
|
0 |
Scud
|
1 |
Fishfly
|
0 |
Alderfly
|
0 |
Mite
|
0 |
|
Somewhat sensitive total |
8 |
Tolerant
| Count | |
|---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
1 |
Blackfly
|
0 |
Leech
|
0 |
Midge
|
1 |
Snail
|
2 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
|
Tolerant total |
3 |