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

Middle Fork Little Maquoketa River Rickardsville (REMAP #261)

Invert Sampling Session #1685

Session Data

Sample Date
9/28/2004
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
413521
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
4/29/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Update
2/9/2016 9:44:27 AM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

Abundance/
Rank
Substrate Presence
Pool/Glide
Presence
Riffle/Run
1 Coarse Rock
2 Streambank Vegetation
3 Roots/Undercut Banks
4 Leaf/Detritus Packs
5 Bedrock/Large Boulders
Filamentous Algae
Vascular Aquatic Vegetation
Fine Sediments
Woody Debris
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 32
  • Total individuals collected 180
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Aquarius Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 1
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 24
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 12
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 14
Belostoma Hemiptera Belostomatidae Giant Water Bugs 1
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 20
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Ceratopsyche bronta Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 26
Ceratopsyche slossonae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 17
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 9
Culicidae Diptera Culicidae Mosquitoes 3
Dicranota Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 1
Faxonius propinquus Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 1
Fossaria Basommatophora Lymnaeidae Lymnaeid Snails 3
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 2
Gerris Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 2
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 10
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydroptila Trichoptera Hydroptilidae Micro Caddisflies 2
Laccophilus maculosus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Laccophilus proximus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Maccaffertium vicarium Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 2
Oecetis sordida Trichoptera Leptoceridae Longhorned Case Maker Caddisflies 5
Optioservus fastiditus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 3
Peltodytes edentulus Coleoptera Haliplidae Crawling Water Beetles 2
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 7
Ptilostomis Trichoptera Phryganeidae Giant Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 1
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 1
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 1
Veliidae Hemiptera Veliidae Broad-Shouldered Water Striders 3

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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