Macroinvertebrate & Abiotic Data Collection Worksheet
Treatment 1 Name:Live Cottonwood LeavesStream Name:South Platte River

Leaf Type:Live Cottonwood LeavesPool or Riffle: Pool

Description of Location:Pool near the REI store, 5 meters north of the base of the white bridge on the south bank

Student Group Name or Number / Kingdom / Phylum / Subphylum or Order / How the organism feeds / # in Pack 1 / # in Pack 2 / # in Pack 3 / # in Pack 4 / Notes
Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Mostly Predators / NA
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators / NA
Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Mostly collectors / NA
Water Beetles (Order Coleoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Scrapers / 19 / 20 / 30 / NA
True Flies (Order Diptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors / NA
Crane Flies(Order Diptera, Family Tipulidae) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / shredders / NA
Dobsonflies and Alderflies (Order Megaloptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators / NA
Caddisflies (Order Tricoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Shredders, predators / 0 / 3 / 0 / NA
Net-spinner Caddisflies (Order Tricoptera, Family Hydropsychidae) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors / NA
Water mites (Order Acari) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators, collectors / NA
Scuds (Order Amphipoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors, Shredders / 0 / 0 / 1 / NA
Sowbugs (Order Isopoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Shredders / NA
Crayfish (Order Decapoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Collectors / NA
Snails (Class Gastropoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Predators, collectors / NA
Clams and Mussels (Class Bivalvia) / Animalia / Mollusca / Scrapers, collectors / 4 / 2 / 4 / NA
Leeches (Subclass Hirudinea) / Animalia / Mollusca / Collectors / NA
Aquatic Earthworms (Subclass Oligochaeta) / Animalia / Annelida / Predators / NA
Planaria (Class Turbellaria) / Animalia / Annelida / Collectors / NA
Midges / Animalia / Arthropoda / Diptera / Collectors / 0 / 30 / 25 / NA
NA

Abiotic Characteristics Measured During First Visit to Stream

Name of Characteristic / Flow rate
Measurement / 0.5 m/s

Abiotic Characteristics Measured During Second Visit to Stream

Name of Characteristic / Flow rate
Measurement / 0.6 m/s

Macroinvertebrate & Abiotic Data Collection Worksheet
Treatment 2 Name:Dead Cottonwood LeavesStream Name:South Platte River

Leaf Type:Dead Cottonwood LeavesPool or Riffle: Pool

Description of Location:Pool near the REI store, 5 meters north of the base of the white bridge on the south bank

Student Group Name or Number / Kingdom / Phylum / Subphylum or Order / How the organism feeds / # in Pack 1 / # in Pack 2 / # in Pack 3 / # in Pack 4 / Notes
Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Mostly Predators / 9 / 0 / 3 / NA
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators / NA
Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Mostly collectors / 4 / 1 / 4 / NA
Water Beetles (Order Coleoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Scrapers / 5 / 30 / 14 / NA
True Flies (Order Diptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors / NA
Crane Flies(Order Diptera, Family Tipulidae) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / shredders / NA
Dobsonflies and Alderflies (Order Megaloptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators / NA
Caddisflies (Order Tricoptera) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Shredders, predators / 22 / 3 / 5 / NA
Net-spinner Caddisflies (Order Tricoptera, Family Hydropsychidae) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors / NA
Water mites (Order Acari) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Predators, collectors / NA
Scuds (Order Amphipoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Hexapoda / Collectors, Shredders / 2 / 15 / 4 / NA
Sowbugs (Order Isopoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Shredders / NA
Crayfish (Order Decapoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Collectors / NA
Snails (Class Gastropoda) / Animalia / Arthropoda / Crustacea / Predators, collectors / NA
Clams and Mussels (Class Bivalvia) / Animalia / Mollusca / Scrapers / 10 / 5 / 6 / NA
Leeches (Subclass Hirudinea) / Animalia / Mollusca / Collectors / 1 / NA
Aquatic Earthworms (Subclass Oligochaeta) / Animalia / Annelida / Predators / NA
Planaria (Class Turbellaria) / Animalia / Annelida / Collectors / NA
Midges / Animalia / Arthropoda / Diptera / Collectors / 15 / 20 / 15 / NA
NA

Abiotic Characteristics Measured During First Visit to Stream

Name of Characteristic / Flow rate
Measurement / 0.5 m/s

Abiotic Characteristics Measured During Second Visit to Stream

Name of Characteristic / Flow rate
Measurement / 0.6 m/s