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

Middle River Indianola

Invert Sampling Session #5336

Session Data

Sample Date
7/23/2012
Sampling Gear
Artificial Substrate
Lab ID Number
45338
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
10/18/2013 9:44:14 AM
Last Update
6/30/2014 1:27:09 PM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
1
Dominant Form Periphyton
Filamentous Algae
(LT- Light, MD- Moderate, MH- Moderate/Heavy, HV- Heavy)
Periphyton Growth
MD
Sedimentation/Embededness
LT
Colonization
MD
Comments

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Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 12
  • Total individuals collected 137
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Baetidae Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 10
Caenidae Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 8
Caenis hilaris Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 14
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 85
Corydalus Megaloptera Corydalidae Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Hellgrammites 1
Hydropsyche simulans Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 8
Labiobaetis propinquus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Maccaffertium Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 1
Paracloeodes minutus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 4
Trichoptera Trichoptera Caddisflies 1
Tricorythodes Ephemeroptera Leptohyphidae Little Stout Crawler Mayflies 3

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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