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9 | Site Code | CRE-NOR-02 | Note: If <100 BMI's are found the study is Invalid. | ||||||||||||
10 | School | St. Joseph Secondary School | Index | Value | Rating | Index Criteria Rating | |||||||||
11 | Teacher/Organizer | E.Mota-Kenney | % Worm (Oligochatea, Nematoda and Tubellaria) | 2% | Unimpaired | Index | Impaired | Potentially Impaired | Unimpaired | ||||||
12 | Watershed | Credit River | % Midge (Chironomidae) | 10% | Unimpaired | % Worm | > 30% | 10% to 30% | < 10% | ||||||
13 | Subwatershed | Norval to Port Credit | % Aquatic Sowbug (Isopoda) | 0% | Unimpaired | % Midge | > 40% | 10% to 40% | < 10% | ||||||
14 | Stream/River | Credit River | % Snails (Gastropoda) | 0% | Potentially Impaired | % Aquatic Sowbug | > 5% | 1% to 5% | < 1% | ||||||
15 | Nearest Intersection | Riverwood Conservancy at Burhamthorpe Bridge | Number of Taxonomic Groups | 13 | Unimpaired | % Snails | ----- | < 1% or > 10% | 1% to 10% | ||||||
16 | Coordinates (Lat/Long) | 43.56111, -79.67223 | % Dominant Taxon | 36% | Unimpaired | # of Taxonomic Groups | < 11 | ------ | ≥ 11 | ||||||
17 | Monitoring Date | 9/21/2018 | % EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera) | 59% | Unimpaired | % Dominant Taxon | > 45% | 40% to 45% | < 40 | ||||||
18 | % Diptera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Culicidae, Simuliidae, Tabanidae, Tipulidae) | 11% | Impaired | % EPT | < 5% | 5% to 10% | > 10% | ||||||||
19 | BMI Tally | % Insects (All Diptera, Anisoptera, Coleoptera, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Megaloptera, Plecoptera, Tricoptera, Zygoptera) | 92% | Impaired | % Diptera | < 15% or > 50% | 15% to 20%, or 45% to 50% | 20% to 45% | |||||||
20 | Taxa | Common Name | Tolerance | Count | Hilsenhoff Biotic Index (HBI) | 4.81 | Unimpaired | % Insects | < 40% or > 90% | 40% to 50%, or 80% to 90% | 50% to 80% | ||||
21 | Coelenterate | Hydras | 8 | 0 | Benthic Aggregate Assessment (BAA) Overall Result | Unimpaired | HBI | > 7 | 6 to 7 | < 6 | |||||
22 | Turbellaria | Flatworms | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
23 | Nematoda | Roundworms | 8 | 0 | Physical Data Collected | ||||||||||
24 | Oligochaeta | Aquatic Earth Worms | 8 | 2 | Parameter | Result | Riparian, Substrate and Canopy Cover Types | ||||||||
25 | Hirudinea | Leeches | 8 | 0 | Site Length (m) | Riparian Vegetation | Substrate | Overhead Forest Cover | |||||||
26 | Isopoda | Sow Bugs | 8 | 0 | Number of Transects | 1-None | 1-Sand/Silt <2mm | 1-None | |||||||
27 | Pelecypoda | Clams, Mussels | 6 | 0 | Minimum Wetted Width (m) | 2-Cultivated | 2- Pebbled 2-8mm | 2-1-25% | |||||||
28 | Amiphipoda | Scuds | 6 | 1 | Maximum Stream Depth (mm) | 3-Meadow | 3- Gravel 8-64mm | 3-26-50% | |||||||
29 | Decapoda | Crayfish | 5 | 1 | Maximum Hydraulic Head (mm) | 4-Scrubland | 4- Cobble 64-256mm | 4-50-75% | |||||||
30 | Hydracarina | Water Mites | 6 | 7 | Riparian Vegetation Left Bank (1.5-10m) | 5-Forest, Mostly Coniferous | 5- Boulder >256mm | 5->75% | |||||||
31 | Ephemeroptera | Mayflies | 5 | 47 | Riparian Vegetation Left Bank (10-30m) | 6- Forest, Mostly Deciduous | |||||||||
32 | Anisoptera | Dragonflies | 5 | 0 | Riparian Vegetation Left Bank (30-100m) | ||||||||||
33 | Zygoptera | Damselflies | 7 | 1 | Riparian Vegetation Right Bank (1.5-10m) | ||||||||||
34 | Plecoptera | Stoneflies | 1 | 3 | Riparian Vegetation Right Bank (10-30m) | ||||||||||
35 | Hemiptera | True Bugs | 5 | 0 | Riparian Vegetation Right Bank (30-100m) | ||||||||||
36 | Megaloptera | Fishlies, Alderflies | 4 | 5 | Dominate Substrate (1st Dominate) | ||||||||||
37 | Trichoptera | Caddisflies | 4 | 28 | Dominate Substrate (2nd Dominate) | ||||||||||
38 | Lepidoptera | Aquatic Moths | 5 | 0 | Overhead Canopy/Forest Cover | ||||||||||
39 | Coleoptera | Beetles | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||
40 | Gastropoda | Snails, Limpets | 8 | 0 | Chemical Data Collected | Chemistry Conversion Chart | |||||||||
41 | Chironomidae | Midges | 7 | 13 | Parameter | Results | Rating | Units | Conversion | ||||||
42 | Tabanidae | Horse and Deer Flies | 5 | 0 | Temperature (°C) | 18.0 | Poor | PPT to PPM | Multiply result by 1000 | ||||||
43 | Culicidae | Mosquitos | 5 | 1 | pH (Drops) | N/A | PPM to PPT | Divide result by 1000 | |||||||
44 | Ceratopogonidae | No-See-Ums | 6 | 0 | pH (Probe) | 8.42 | Fair | µꓢ/cm to mS/cm | Divide result by 1000 | ||||||
45 | Tipulidae | Crane Flies | 3 | 0 | Dissolved Oxygen (Tablets|ppm) | N/A | mS/cm to µꓢ/cm | Multiply result by 1000 | |||||||
46 | Simulidae | Black Flies | 6 | 0 | Dissolved Oxygen (Probe|mg/L) | N/A | |||||||||
47 | Misc. Diptera | Misc. True Flies | N/A | 1 | Conductivity (Probe| µꓢ/cm) | 869 | Fair | ||||||||
48 | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | 0 | Turbidity (Cup|JTU/NTU) | N/A | |||||||||
49 | Total BMIs (excl. Unknown) | 132 | Turbidity (Tube|cm) | N/A | |||||||||||
50 | Total BMIs | 132 | Total Dissolved Solids (ppm) | 618 | Fair | ||||||||||
51 | Salinity (ppt) | 0.40 | Excellent | ||||||||||||
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