Big Sheep Cr blw SR25
| Note: A key is available for this visit report. For background on ambient monitoring protocol and ambient taxa metrics, see, respectively, Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biological Monitoring Protocols for Rivers and Streams: 2001 Revision and Multi-Metric Index Development for Biological Monitoring in Washington State Streams. |
| 1) big calimenria sp. exuvia on rocks. 2) crayfish present in slackwater margins. |
| temperature (deg C) | dis o winkler (mg/L) | stream flow (CFS) | pH (pH) | conductivity (umhos/cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.5 | 10.9 | 75.19 | 8.3 | 183 |
| samp type | loc type | loc no | wetted width (m) | stream gradient (%) | sample area (m^2) | RPD (m) | middepth velocity (FS) | max depth (m) | Dp (m) | canopy (%) | bottom velocity (FS) | bankfull width (m) | avg depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKICK | riffle | 1 | 16.0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 2.2 | 0.10 | 2.2 | 31.0 | DKICK | riffle | 2 | 17.0 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 3.0 | 0.42 | 0.2 | 29.0 | DKICK | riffle | 3 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 0.75 | 0.6 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 27.0 | DKICK | riffle | 4 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.7 | 0.35 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| loc no | other | wood | silt clay | sand | fine gravel | coarse gravel | cobble | boulder | bedrock rough | bedrock smooth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26% | 34% | 40% | 2 | 12% | 26% | 22% | 40% | 3 | 10% | 14% | 38% | 38% | 4 | 2% | 2% | 28% | 32% | 36% |
| RIVPACS (River InVertebrate Prediction and Classification System) is not yet available for sites in Washington east of the Cascades. |
| samp type | loc type | loc no | comment | EPT (%) | ephem (%) | chiron (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKICK | riffle | 0 | field composited | 76% | 55% | 10% |
| samp type | loc type | loc no | comment | Trichop richness (count) | total richness (count) | Plecop richness (count) | EPT richness (count) | Ephem richness (count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKICK | riffle | 0 | field composited | 9 | 35 | 6 | 23 | 8 |
| samp type | loc type | loc no | comment | temp pref avg (score) | TV3 richness (count) | HBI (score) | BiTol richness (count) | tv7 (%) | top3 (%) | BiTol (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKICK | riffle | 0 | field composited | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2% | 63% | 29% |
| samp type | loc type | loc no | comment | sv richness (count) | clinger richness (count) | scrapers (%) | predators (%) | filterers (%) | clingers (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKICK | riffle | 0 | field composited | 6 | 13 | 9% | 12% | 7% | 13% |
| habitat type | location no. | sampler type | sample area (m^2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| riffle | (composite sample) | DKICK | 0.75 |
taxon id taxon name density (m^2) % of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ 568574 A. turbida 1189 32.7 100817 B. tricaudatus 741 20.4 127917 Chironomidae 358 9.8 103273 Sweltsa grp. 252 6.9 114177 Optioservus sp. 212 5.8 115258 Wormaldia sp. 161 4.4 117121 Agapetus sp. 91 2.5 126774 Simulium sp. 81 2.2 103102 Skwala sp. 76 2.1 114205 Zaitzevia sp. 71 2.0 68422 Oligochaeta 66 1.8 82754 Acarina 45 1.2 102932 C. sabulosa 25 0.7 115530 A. grandis 25 0.7 116912 B. americanus 25 0.7 102594 Z. cinctipes 25 0.7 I370 Heptagenia/Nixe sp. 25 0.7 115453 Hydropsyche sp. 20 0.5 102994 Perlodidae 20 0.5 59490 Nematoda 15 0.4 103202 Chloroperlidae 15 0.4 116046 Neophylax sp. 10 0.3 119660 Antocha monticola 10 0.3 120094 Hexatoma sp. 10 0.3 130929 Atherix sp. 10 0.3 53964 Turbellaria 10 0.3 P610 R. Angelita grp. 10 0.3 100572 Rhithrogena sp. 5 0.1 111963 Dytiscidae 5 0.1 P630 R. Brunnea grp. 5 0.1 H705 D. coloradensis/flav 5 0.1 101399 S. tibialis 5 0.1 101368 D. doddsi 5 0.1 100996 Ameletus sp. 5 0.1 115714 Ochrotrichia sp. 5 0.1
| habitat type | location no. | sampler type | sample area (m^2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| pool | (composite sample) | DKICK | 0.75 |
taxon id taxon name density (m^2) % of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ 127917 Chironomidae 652 77.4 114177 Optioservus sp. 30 3.6 68422 Oligochaeta 27 3.2 59490 Nematoda 26 3.1 82754 Acarina 22 2.6 111963 Dytiscidae 22 2.6 103273 Sweltsa grp. 11 1.3 127338 Ceratopogoninae sp. 8 1.0 117121 Agapetus sp. 7 0.8 100817 B. tricaudatus 7 0.8 120094 Hexatoma sp. 7 0.8 119660 Antocha monticola 4 0.5 114205 Zaitzevia sp. 4 0.5 103102 Skwala sp. 4 0.5 I370 Heptagenia/Nixe sp. 3 0.4 568574 A. turbida 3 0.4 130929 Atherix sp. 1 0.1 76698 Physella sp. 1 0.1 97325 Pacifastacus sp. 1 0.1 100873 Centroptilum sp. 1 0.1 120732 Hesperoconopa sp. 1 0.1
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