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Salmon River/Side Channel #1

Macroinvertebrate data: 10-21-2010



School: Leadership And Entrepreneurship Public Charter High School

Date and time: Oct. 21, 2010, 10:02 a.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 3

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 15 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 73.68%

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

Field notes: Location: Confluent of Side Channel Description: Smooth, fast moving water; rapids. Rock detours; rounded rocks. Vast amount of shrubs and shrubs. Weather: Overcast

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
0
Mayfly
7
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
7
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
6
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
1
Somewhat sensitive total
2
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
3
Blackfly
0
Leech
1
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2