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

Catfish Creek Swiss Valley Park

Invert Sampling Session #755

Session Data

Sample Date
8/27/2001
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
200160482
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
9/28/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Update
8/2/2010 10:40:29 AM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 35
  • Total individuals collected 188
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Atherix Diptera Athericidae Aquatic Snipe Flies 5
Baetidae Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 5
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 11
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 14
Baetis intercalaris Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Belostoma Hemiptera Belostomatidae Giant Water Bugs 1
Boyeria vinosa Odonata Aeshnidae Darner Dragonflies 3
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 27
Callibaetis Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Calopteryx Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 10
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 12
Ceratopsyche slossonae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 3
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 1
Coenagrion/Enallagma Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 5
Corixidae Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 4
Faxonius Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 5
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 14
Girardia tigrina Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 4
Helichus lithophilus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 1
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 3
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 3
Laccobius Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Maccaffertium vicarium Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 2
Optioservus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 5
Physidae Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 6
Pycnopsyche Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 15
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 3
Sphaeriidae Veneroida Sphaeriidae Fingernail clams 2
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 9
Stenelmis Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 2
Stenelmis crenata Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 4
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 2

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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