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

Catfish Creek Swiss Valley Park

Invert Sampling Session #758

Session Data

Sample Date
8/27/2001
Sampling Gear
Hess
Lab ID Number
200160481
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
9/28/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Update
8/2/2010 10:40:29 AM

Semi-Quantitative Sampling

Replicate Number
3
Dominant Form Periphyton
Filamentous Algae
(LT- Light, MD- Moderate, MH- Moderate/Heavy, HV- Heavy)
Periphyton Growth
MH
Sedimentation/Embededness
MD
Colonization
MH
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 13
  • Total individuals collected 115
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Antocha Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 2
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 8
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 18
Ceratopsyche slossonae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 17
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 22
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 12
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 1
Girardia tigrina Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 5
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 12
Optioservus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 5
Stenelmis Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 10
Stenelmis crenata Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 2

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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