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

Bailey Creek Thornton (Grass Ditch HWCRS)

Invert Sampling Session #8087

Session Data

Sample Date
6/26/2017
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
529137
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
8/18/2017 1:41:11 PM
Last Update
4/9/2018 3:01:42 PM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 27
  • Total individuals collected 137
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabinae Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Anopheles Diptera Culicidae Mosquitoes 2
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 2
Branchiobdellida Branchiobdellida Leeches 5
Caenis latipennis Ephemeroptera Caenidae Small Squaregill Mayflies 30
Calopteryx Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 8
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 3
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 6
Coenagrion/Enallagma Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 3
Corixidae Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 1
Erpobdella fervida Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 1
Faxonius Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 2
Gyrinus marginellus Coleoptera Gyrinidae Whirligig Beetles 1
Heptagenia elegantula Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 14
Hexagenia limbata Ephemeroptera Ephemeridae Common Burrower Mayflies 1
Hyalella Amphipoda Talitridae Scuds and sideswimmers 24
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 2
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Labiobaetis propinquus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 16
Neoporus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 2
Oligochaeta Aquatic Worms 1
Perlesta Plecoptera Perlidae Common Stoneflies 3
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 1
Plauditus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Sphaeriidae Veneroida Sphaeriidae Fingernail clams 1
Trichocorixa Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 4
Tropisternus Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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