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

Brush Creek Andrew (REMAP #437)

Invert Sampling Session #8372

Session Data

Sample Date
9/26/2017
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
570580
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
1/25/2018 1:47:24 PM
Last Update
2/6/2018 4:12:49 PM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 45
  • Total individuals collected 255
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabini-Complex Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 2
Anopheles Diptera Culicidae Mosquitoes 5
Aquarius remigis Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 1
Atherix Diptera Athericidae Aquatic Snipe Flies 2
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 49
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 10
Baetis intercalaris Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 2
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 2
Belostoma flumineum Hemiptera Belostomatidae Giant Water Bugs 2
Caecidotea Isopoda Asellidae Aquatic Sowbugs 7
Calopteryx Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 6
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 6
Ceratopsyche bronta Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 9
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 37
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 5
Coenagrion/Enallagma Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 2
Cymbiodyta chamberlaini Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Faxonius Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 1
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 7
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 6
Helichus lithophilus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 1
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 3
Helicopsyche borealis Trichoptera Helicopsychidae Snailcase Maker Caddisflies 1
Hetaerina Odonata Calopterygidae Broadwinged Damselflies 2
Hydropsyche betteni Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 15
Labiobaetis propinquus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Laccophilus maculosus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Lacunicambarus diogenes Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 1
Liodessus affinis Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Macronychus glabratus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1
Mesovelia mulsanti Hemiptera Mesoveliidae Water Treaders 1
Optioservus fastiditus Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 1
Pelocoris femoratus Hemiptera Naucoridae Creeping Water Bugs 4
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 6
Placobdella ornata Rhynchobdellida Glossiphoniidae Leeches 1
Ptilostomis Trichoptera Phryganeidae Giant Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Ranatra fusca Hemiptera Nepidae Water Scorpions 2
Sciomyzidae Diptera Sciomyzidae Marsh Flies 2
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 3
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 7
Sphaeriidae Veneroida Sphaeriidae Fingernail clams 1
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 24
Stenelmis Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 3
Stenelmis crenata Coleoptera Elmidae Riffle Beetles 5
Tipula Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 5

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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