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Macroinvertebrate data: 06-07-2016



School: Monroe Grade School

Date and time: June 7, 2016, 9:03 a.m.

Water quality: Fair

Number of people sorting/identifying: 3

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 45 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 68.75%

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

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
0
Mayfly
21
Riffle beetle
1
Stonefly
1
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
9
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
0
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
0
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
3
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
6
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2