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43.8380, -72.3790. Date: 22 VII 2024. Time: 11:38 AM. PH: 7.2. μS: 164. Water temperature (C) 15.4°C. Weather: Warmer then yesterday, around 25°C. Sunny with scattered clouds.
Other observations: Found multiple species of macroinvertebrates. The water level was slightly lower then yesterday.
Macroinvertebrates
Macroinvertebrates
According to the macroinvertebrates data my stream is in "acceptable ecological condition". Of the 93 invertebrates collected a little over 40% of them were mayflies stoneflies and "most caddisflies", 15% were common netspinners, 0% were lunged snails, 20% were beetles, 20% were tolerant species and 1% were not insects. All of these metrics fall in the 2 point range giving my stream a total of 12/12 points. Note: I didn't include decimals in this paragraph so the percents do not exactly add up to 100.
I had 5 species of stoneflies, 4 species of beetles, 4 species of caddisflies, 2 species of mayflies, a few species of dragonflies (I don't know what keys to use to get IDs) and one planarian (flatworm).
Reflection
Reflection
The water data seemed quite similar to yesterday so there were no surprises there. So far there is no colonies in my E. coli test. It seems like the macro invertebrate assessment and habitat assessment line up pretty well; both seemed to suggest that the stream is in decent condition. I expected to see more mayflies than I actually found. I still found Heptagenia pulla like I normally do but they didn't seem to be as common as they have seemed in the past. I don't know if this id because of the flooding or something else but it would be interesting to find out. Overall it was a great day for macro invertebrates and I found a few species that I didn't know were in this stream.
Helichus sp. (haven't dissected for an ID yet)
Above: Heptagenia pulla from last winter
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