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Macroinvertebrate data: 04-22-2015



School: Monroe Grade School

Date and time: April 22, 2015, 9:26 a.m.

Water quality: Poor

Number of people sorting/identifying: 3

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 20 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 81.82%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
6
Mayfly
0
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
3
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
6
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
1
Fishfly
1
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
4
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
0
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
0