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Wenaha River
Macroinvertebrate data: 09-28-2016
School: Enterprise High School
Date and time: Sept. 28, 2016, 2:24 p.m.
Water quality: Excellent
Number of people sorting/identifying: 6
Water type: riffle
Time spent sorting/identifying: 15 minutes
Weather:
Percent EPT: 84.21%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Caddisfly |
30 |
Mayfly |
15 |
Riffle beetle |
0 |
Stonefly |
19 |
Water penny |
0 |
Dobsonfly |
0 |
Sensitive total |
9 |
Somewhat Sensitive
Count | |
---|---|
Clam/mussel
|
0 |
Crane fly
|
0 |
Crayfish
|
1 |
Damselfly
|
0 |
Dragonfly
|
1 |
Scud
|
1 |
Fishfly
|
0 |
Alderfly
|
0 |
Mite
|
2 |
Somewhat sensitive total |
8 |
Tolerant
Count | |
---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
5 |
Blackfly
|
0 |
Leech
|
0 |
Midge
|
1 |
Snail
|
1 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
Tolerant total |
3 |