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Macroinvertebrate data: 12-19-2014



School: Glencoe Elementary School

Date and time: Dec. 19, 2014, 12:08 p.m.

Water quality: Poor

Number of people sorting/identifying: 2

Water type: riffle

Time spent sorting/identifying: 90 minutes

Weather:

Percent EPT: 0.00%

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

Field notes: I ate a bug. 

Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
Count
Caddisfly
0
Mayfly
0
Riffle beetle
5
Stonefly
0
Water penny
0
Dobsonfly
0
Sensitive total
3
Somewhat Sensitive
Count
Clam/mussel
0
Crane fly
0
Crayfish
0
Damselfly
0
Dragonfly
0
Scud
23
Fishfly
0
Alderfly
0
Mite
0
Somewhat sensitive total
2
Tolerant
Count
Aquatic worm
0
Blackfly
0
Leech
0
Midge
0
Snail
0
Mosquito larva
100
Tolerant total
1