Macro-invertebrate Survey
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Site	Elgar St	Elgar St	Elgar St	Queensbury Ave
Date	3-Oct-18	19-May-18	10-Mar-18	26-Mar-15
Ecological condition	3	3	1	1
Acceptable (7 - 12)
Unacceptable (0-6)
Macro-invertebrates Click on underlined name for picture	Count	Count	Count	Count
Total Macro-Invertebrate Count	195	155	53	31
Worms	9	8	7	9
Flat Worms
Leeches			1	5
Crayfishes
Sowbugs
Scuds
Stoneflies
Mayflies
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Hellgrammites, Fishflies, and Alderflies
Netspinner Caddisfly	126	3	22	13
Most Caddisflies			1
Beetles	1
Midges	35	123	12	1
Black Flies		11	1
Most True Flies	1	2	1
Gilled Snails
Lunged Snails	23	8	8	3
Clams
Other	51	43
Other Description	Earthworms	Earthworms stranded by rain
Monitor	Philip Latasa	Philip Latasa	Philip Latasa	Ted Welch
Number of Participants	3	8	3	3
Time Start	9:00	2:30	11:00	10:30
Time End	11:00	4:00	1:00	12:30
Nr Nets	4	4	4	4
Riffle Water Depth(in)	3	3	3	7
Stream (water) width(ft)	3	3	3	12
Channel (bank to bank) width(ft)	10	10	10	25
Stream Flow Rate	med	med	med	med
Water Temp	65°F	62°F	45°F	46°F
Air temp	75°F	68°F	48°F	53°F
Fish Water Quality Indicators	none	none	none	none
Barriers to Fish Movement	culvert > 1 ft	culvert > 1 ft	culvert > 1 ft	culvert > 1 ft
Surface Water Appearance	clear	clear	clear	muddy
Stream Bed Deposit	brown	brown	brown	brown
Odor	none	none	none	none
Stability of Stream (Bed sinks beneath feet in:)	no spots	no spots	no spots	a few spots
Algae color	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Algae percent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stream Channel Shade	25%-49% moderate*	>75% full	>75% full	>75% full
Stream Bank Composition	0% trees 0% shrubs 0% grass  50% bare soil 50% rocks	0% trees 0% shrubs 0% grass  50% bare soil 50% rocks	0% trees 0% shrubs 0% grass  50% bare soil 50% rocks	0% trees 0% shrubs 0% grass  50% bare soil 50% rocks
Stream Bank Erosion Potential	50%-75% high	50%-75% high	50%-75% high	1%-24% slight
Riffle Composition	0% silt/mud 33% sand 33% gravel 33% cobbles 0% boulders	0% silt/mud 33% sand 33% gravel 33% cobbles 0% boulders	0% silt/mud 33% sand 33% gravel 33% cobbles 0% boulders	0% silt/mud 33% sand 33% gravel 33% cobbles 0% boulders
Land Uses in Watershed	__ Oil & gas  H  Housing  M  Forest __ Logging  H  Urban __ Landfill __ Construction __ Mining __ Cropland __ Trash dump __ Fields __ Pasture  M  Other (industrial park)	__ Oil & gas  H  Housing  M  Forest __ Logging  H  Urban __ Landfill __ Construction __ Mining __ Cropland __ Trash dump __ Fields __ Pasture  M  Other (industrial park)	__ Oil & gas  H  Housing  M  Forest __ Logging  H  Urban __ Landfill __ Construction __ Mining __ Cropland __ Trash dump __ Fields __ Pasture  M  Other (industrial park)	__ Oil & gas  H  Housing  M  Forest __ Logging  H  Urban __ Landfill __ Construction __ Mining __ Cropland __ Trash dump __ Fields __ Pasture  M  Other (industrial park)
Amount & Type of Litter	Moderate amounts of typical highway runoff litter	Moderate amounts of typical highway runoff litter	Moderate amounts of typical highway runoff litter	Moderate amounts of typical highway runoff litter
Comments	*Recent clearance of invasive vine canopy (Porcelainberry, Chinese wisteria) has reduced the shade on the stream			Rainfall during session -------------- Chemical tests, Mar. 26 2015: Phosphate 1 ppm Turbidity     80 Dissolved O2 8 ppm Nitrates 45ppm pH 8