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

Duttons Creek West Union - Duttons Cave Park (DuCr1)

Invert Sampling Session #4712

Session Data

Sample Date
8/15/2011
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
2011031986
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
3/5/2012 8:47:31 AM
Last Update
4/13/2012 9:58:34 AM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

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Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 28
  • Total individuals collected 211
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabini-Complex Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 4
Amphinemura Plecoptera Nemouridae Nemourid Stoneflies 4
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 14
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 53
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 2
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 7
Cymbiodyta blanchardi Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Cymbiodyta vindicata Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Dicranota Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 4
Ephemerella Ephemeroptera Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayflies 1
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 8
Gerridae Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 2
Glossosoma Trichoptera Glossosomatidae Saddlecase Maker Caddisflies 2
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 11
Hesperophylax designatus Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 54
Ilybiosoma seriatum Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 4
Limnephilidae Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 2
Lumbricidae Haplotaxida Lumbricidae Aquatic Worms 1
Lymnaeidae Basommatophora Lymnaeidae Lymnaeid Snails 1
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1
Optioservus fastiditus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1
Parapsyche apicalis Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 9
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 2
Pilaria Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 4
Platambus semivittatus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 12
Tipula Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 1
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 4

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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