Streamkeepers Handbook and Modules Module 4 Get 2002 Data!!!! |
Stream Name/Nearest Town: Bonaparte River/Cache Creek | Date: August 29, 2001 | Watershed Code: |
Organization Name:The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation | Steam Segment # |
Stream Section # | |
Contact Person: Zo Ann Morten | Phone # 604-986-5059 |
Sampler used, mesh size, total area sampled: serber, 363 microns, .092 metres | # of 30cm x 30cm samples: 1 |
Boulder, cobble creek between road crossing to forestry campground/logging road. 10m upstream of Trans Canada hwy bridge.
Time: 3:00 pm | Weather: | clear |
Turbidity: greater than depth | Temperature: | Air: Water: 180 |
COLUMN A | COLUMN B | COLUMN C | COLUMN D |
Pollution Tolerance | Number Counted | Number of Taxa | Common Name |
CATEGORY 1 (pollution intolerant) |
3 | 3 | Caddisfly Larva (EPT) |
0 | 0 | Dobsonfly (hellgrammite) | |
0 | 0 | Gilled Snail | |
23 | 5 | Mayfly Nymph (EPT) | |
0 | 0 | Riffle Beetle | |
0 | 0 | Stonefly Nymph (EPT) | |
0 | 0 | Water Penny | |
Subtotal | 26 | 7 | Subtotal |
CATEGORY 2 (somewhat tolerant of pollution) |
0 | 0 | Alderfly Larve |
0 | 0 | Aquatic Beetle | |
0 | 0 | Aquatic Sowbug | |
0 | 0 | Clam, Mussel | |
5 | 2 | Cranefly Larva | |
0 | 0 | Crayfish | |
0 | 0 | Damselfly Larva | |
0 | 0 | Dragonfly Larva | |
0 | 0 | Fishfly Larva | |
0 | 0 | Scud | |
0 | 0 | Watersnipe Larva | |
Subtotal | 5 | 2 | Subtotal |
CATEGORY 3 (pollution tolerant) |
0 | 0 | Aquatic Worm |
0 | 0 | Blackfly Larva | |
0 | 0 | Leech | |
3 | 1 | Midge Larva (chironomid) | |
0 | 0 | Planarian | |
0 | 0 | Pouch and Pond Snails | |
0 | 0 | True Bug Adult | |
4 | 3 | Water Mite | |
Subtotal | 7 | 4 | Subtotal |
TOTAL | 38 | 13 | TOTAL |
Abundance: 38 |
Density: 422.22 |
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Pollution Tolerance Index: 10 (poor) | ||||||||||||
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EPT Index: 7 (acceptable) | ||||||||||||
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EPT to Total Ratio: .68 (acceptable) |
Total Number of Taxa: 13 |
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Predominant Taxon Ratio: .61 (marginal) |
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General Comments - Unknown Bugs All gravel bottom. Cattle roaming nearby. Unstable banks. Downstream of Highway (not in shadow line). |