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

Mossy Glen Creek Edgewood - Mossy Glen Preserve

Invert Sampling Session #9033

Session Data

Sample Date
7/15/2019
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
836682
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
1/19/2020 12:53:45 PM
Last Update
2/3/2020 12:40:07 PM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

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

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 25
  • Total individuals collected 159
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Agabini-Complex Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 1
Antocha Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 1
Atrichopogon Diptera Ceratopogonidae Biting Midges, No-See-Ums, Punkies 1
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 9
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 35
Dicranota Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 3
Dixa Diptera Dixidae Dixid Midges 1
Enochrus hamiltoni Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Erpobdella parva Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 2
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 8
Glossosoma Trichoptera Glossosomatidae Saddlecase Maker Caddisflies 16
Helichus striatus Coleoptera Dryopidae Long-Toed Water Beetles 4
Hesperophylax designatus Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 50
Ilybiosoma seriatum Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 4
Lampyridae Coleoptera Lampyridae Fireflies, Glow Worms, Lightning Bugs 1
Lepidostoma Trichoptera Lepidostomatidae Lepidostomatid Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Limnephilidae Trichoptera Limnephilidae Northern Case Maker Caddisflies 1
Lymnaeidae Basommatophora Lymnaeidae Lymnaeid Snails 1
Nematoda Nematodes 1
Parapsyche apicalis Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 2
Sanfilippodytes pseudovilis Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 2
Simuliidae Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 5
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 7
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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