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

Little Paint Creek Harpers Ferry (LiPa1)

Invert Sampling Session #5922

Session Data

Sample Date
9/6/2013
Sampling Gear
Hess
Lab ID Number
122610
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
1/15/2014 7:49:20 AM
Last Update
4/25/2014 1:29:47 PM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

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

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Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 10
  • Total individuals collected 120
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabinae Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 14
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 31
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 5
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1
Optioservus fastiditus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 2
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 11
Simulium tuberosum Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 32
Simulium vittatum Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 22

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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