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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 |