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Macroinvertebrate data: 06-08-2016



School: Monroe Grade School

Date and time: June 8, 2016, 8:37 a.m.

Water quality: Good

Number of people sorting/identifying: 2

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 90 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 75.61%

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
29
Riffle beetle
0
Stonefly
2
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
6
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
1
Crayfish
1
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
1
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
2
Somewhat sensitive total
8
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
0
Blackfly
1
Leech
0
Midge
4
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
0
Tolerant total
2