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

Ballard Creek Cambridge

Invert Sampling Session #2517

Session Data

Sample Date
7/18/2007
Sampling Gear
Artificial Substrate
Lab ID Number
2007025355
Sample Quality
Fair
Created Date
4/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Last Update
8/2/2010 10:40:29 AM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
2
Dominant Form Periphyton
Nonfilamentous Algae
(LT- Light, MD- Moderate, MH- Moderate/Heavy, HV- Heavy)
Periphyton Growth
LT
Sedimentation/Embededness
LT
Colonization
MH
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 17
  • Total individuals collected 106
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Baetis intercalaris Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 3
Ceratopsyche bronta Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Ceratopsyche morosa Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 16
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 56
Curculionidae Coleoptera Curculionidae Snout Beetles, Weevils 1
Fallceon quilleri Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Heptagenia elegantula Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 4
Heptageniidae Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 1
Hydropsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 6
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 8
Hydropsyche simulans Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1
Peltodytes edentulus Coleoptera Haliplidae Crawling Water Beetles 1
Trichoptera Trichoptera Caddisflies 1
Tricorythodes Ephemeroptera Leptohyphidae Little Stout Crawler Mayflies 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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