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

Middle River Indianola

Invert Sampling Session #5338

Session Data

Sample Date
7/23/2012
Sampling Gear
Artificial Substrate
Lab ID Number
45340
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
10/18/2013 9:44:14 AM
Last Update
6/30/2014 1:29:25 PM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
3
Dominant Form Periphyton
Filamentous Algae
(LT- Light, MD- Moderate, MH- Moderate/Heavy, HV- Heavy)
Periphyton Growth
LT
Sedimentation/Embededness
LT
Colonization
MD
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 7
  • Total individuals collected 103
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Baetidae Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 6
Caenidae Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 27
Caenis hilaris Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 14
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 51
Hydropsyche simulans Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 3
Maccaffertium Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 1
Maccaffertium terminatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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