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

Buffalo Creek Union Slough NWR

Invert Sampling Session #11647

Session Data

Sample Date
10/8/2025
Sampling Gear
Anchored Artifical Substrate
Lab ID Number
2736981
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
3/5/2026 1:20:19 PM
Last Update
3/23/2026 10:37:34 AM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
3
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 10
  • Total individuals collected 100
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Caenis latipennis Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 1
Ceratopsyche morosa Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 3
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 53
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 17
Heptagenia elegantula Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 13
Heptageniidae Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 2
Hydropsyche simulans Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Isonychia Ephemeroptera Isonychiidae Brushlegged Mayflies 2
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 3
Tricorythodes Ephemeroptera Leptohyphidae Little Stout Crawler Mayflies 4

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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