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

Unnamed Tributary to Elk Creek Gillett Grove - Fen Valley WMA (HW116)

Invert Sampling Session #6076

Session Data

Sample Date
9/24/2013
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
126758
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
2/7/2014 10:46:30 AM
Last Update
10/14/2014 3:28:07 PM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

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Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 23
  • Total individuals collected 120
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Aeshna Odonata Aeshnidae Darner Dragonflies 2
Anopheles Diptera Culicidae Mosquitoes 1
Belostoma Hemiptera Belostomatidae Giant Water Bugs 1
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 2
Caenis latipennis Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 1
Calopteryx Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 1
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 14
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 23
Erpobdella punctata Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 1
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 3
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 1
Heptagenia elegantula Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 2
Hyalella Amphipoda Talitridae Scuds and sideswimmers 2
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 10
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Leptophlebiidae Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayflies 7
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 6
Placobdella papillifera Rhynchobdellida Glossiphoniidae Leeches 3
Sialis Megaloptera Sialidae Alderflies 6
Sphaeriidae Veneroida Sphaeriidae Fingernail clams 11
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 20
Stenelmis Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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