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

Ashton Creek Washta (REMAP #209)

Invert Sampling Session #2223

Session Data

Sample Date
7/6/2006
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
2006059957
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
4/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
Last Update
8/2/2010 10:40:29 AM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 20
  • Total individuals collected 60
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Aeshna Odonata Aeshnidae Darner Dragonflies 1
Agabus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 8
Baetidae Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Baetis intercalaris Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 7
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 7
Corixidae Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 2
Cymbiodyta Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Dubiraphia quadrinotata Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1
Faxonius virilis Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 1
Gerridae Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 2
Laccobius Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Laccobius spangleri Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 3
Limnophora Diptera Muscidae Face Flies, Horn Flies, House Flies 3
Limnoporus Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 2
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 2
Physa acuta Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 6
Physidae Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 6
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 3
Sphaeriidae Veneroida Sphaeriidae Fingernail clams 2

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

Notes: