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

Bluebell Creek Millville

Invert Sampling Session #6375

Session Data

Sample Date
6/10/2013
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
101905
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
4/16/2014 9:06:20 AM
Last Update
4/25/2014 8:10:18 AM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 38
  • Total individuals collected 240
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabini-Complex Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 7
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 19
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 10
Belostoma flumineum Hemiptera Belostomatidae Giant Water Bugs 3
Boyeria vinosa Odonata Aeshnidae Darner Dragonflies 1
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 23
Calopteryx Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 8
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 26
Chimarra Trichoptera Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisflies 1
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 11
Coenagrion/Enallagma Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 2
Cymbiodyta vindicata Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Erpobdellidae Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 1
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 12
Gerridae Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 5
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 12
Helichus lithophilus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 1
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 4
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydroptila Trichoptera Hydroptilidae Micro Caddisflies 15
Ilybiosoma seriatum Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Laccophilus maculosus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Maccaffertium vicarium Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 6
Neophylax Trichoptera Thremmatidae Little Northeastern Casemakers 5
Oecetis sordida Trichoptera Leptoceridae Longhorned Case Maker Caddisflies 14
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 3
Polycentropus Trichoptera Polycentropodidae Trumpetnet and Tubemaking Caddisflies 4
Pycnopsyche Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 2
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 1
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 18
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 11
Stenelmis crenata Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1
Stenonema femoratum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 4
Stratiomys Diptera Stratiomyidae Soldier Flies 1
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 2
Tropisternus Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Tropisternus lateralis Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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