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

Wapsipinicon River De Witt

Invert Sampling Session #6239

Session Data

Sample Date
9/16/2013
Sampling Gear
Artificial Substrate
Lab ID Number
124305
Sample Quality
Poor
Created Date
4/4/2014 11:47:19 AM
Last Update
4/29/2014 3:23:08 PM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

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

Very low stream velocity at retrieval.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 3
  • Total individuals collected 115
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Caenis latipennis Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 1
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 113
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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