Iowa DNR
BioNet
River & Stream Biological Monitoring
Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Surveys
Physical Habitat Assessments

Buffalo Creek Union Slough NWR

Invert Sampling Session #11646

Session Data

Sample Date
10/8/2025
Sampling Gear
Anchored Artifical Substrate
Lab ID Number
2736980
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
3/5/2026 1:20:19 PM
Last Update
3/23/2026 10:36:44 AM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
2
Dominant Form Periphyton
None Present
(LT- Light, MD- Moderate, MH- Moderate/Heavy, HV- Heavy)
Periphyton Growth
None Present
Sedimentation/Embededness
MD
Colonization
LT
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 13
  • Total individuals collected 109
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Argia Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 2
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 49
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 10
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 4
Hemerodromia Diptera Empididae Dance Flies 1
Heptagenia elegantula Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 8
Heptageniidae Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 2
Hydropsyche simulans Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydroptilidae Trichoptera Hydroptilidae Micro Caddisflies 1
Nectopsyche candida Trichoptera Leptoceridae Longhorned Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 2
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 18
Tricorythodes Ephemeroptera Leptohyphidae Little Stout Crawler Mayflies 10

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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