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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05526085       EXLINE SLOUGH AT EXLINE, IL.

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°08'12", long 87°46'40" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 sec.30, T.31N., R.13E., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, at County Road 2000N, and at mile 3.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 40.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2005.

 

REMARKS.-- Biology station established in 2005 as part of a comparative study of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) invertebrate sampling techniques.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of a comparability study for the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. One quantitative sample and one qualitative multihabitat sample were collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). A Slack sampler was used to collect five subsamples from coarse-grained substrates in flowing water. The sampler had a sampling area of 0.25 m2 and was fitted with a 500 µm mesh net. All samples were processed by the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory. Phylum, Class, Order, Suborder, Family, Subfamily, and Tribe are listed and arranged according to the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory taxonomic hierarchy. The reach was located at the CR2000N bridge crossing at Exline. The surface area sampled was 1.25 m2.



BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
[sp., species; A, Adults; LV, Larvae; P, Pupae; X, present; -, not found or not applicable; dam., damaged; imm., immature; indet., indeterminate; mount, poor mount; ref., reference]

PHYLUM
Class
Order
(Suborder)
Family
Subfamily Quantitative sample
(Tribe) Life stage
Qualitative sample Laboratory notes
Taxon Abundance
(count)
Density
(number/m2)
present/absent

Reach A
8/19/2005

ANNELIDA
Hirudinea
Arhynchobdellae
Erpobdellidae
Erpobdellidae - - - X -
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Naididae
Naididae - - - X -
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - - - X -
ARTHROPODA
Arachnida
Acari - 34 27 - -
Insecta
Coleoptera
(Adephaga)
Haliplidae
Peltodytes sp. A - - X -
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Dubiraphia sp. A 34 27 X -
Dubiraphia sp. L 67 54 X -
Optioservus sp. L - - X -
Stenelmis crenata (Say) A 302 242 X -
Stenelmis sp. L 874 699 X -
Hydrophilidae
Berosus sp. A - - X -
Berosus sp. L 34 27 X -
Enochrus sp. A - - X -
Psephenidae
Psephenus herricki (DeKay) A - - X -
Psephenus herricki (DeKay) L 134 107 X -
Diptera
(Brachycera)
Empididae
Hemerodromiinae
Hemerodromia sp. L 34 27 - -
Stratiomyidae
Stratiomyinae
Odontomyia sp. L - - X -
Tabanidae
Chrysops sp. L - - X -
(Nematocera)
Chironomidae
Chironominae
(Chironomini)
Dicrotendipes sp. L - - X -
Polypedilum sp. L - - X -
Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer) L - - X -
Orthocladiinae
Cricotopus sp. L - - X -
Tanypodinae
Tanypodinae P 34 27 - -
(Pentaneurini)
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996) L - - X -
Ablabesmyia sp. L - - X -
Labrundinia sp. L - - X -
Pentaneura sp. L - - X -
(Procladiini)
Procladius sp. L - - X -
Culicidae
Anopheles sp. L - - X -
Simuliidae
Simuliidae L - - X -
Tipulidae
Tipulidae L 34 27 - -
Tipulinae
Tipula sp. L 1 1 X -
Ephemeroptera
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Acerpenna pygmaea (Hagen) L - - X -
Acerpenna sp. L 101 81 - -
Megaloptera
Sialidae
Sialis sp. L - - X -
Neuroptera
Sisyridae
Climacia sp. L 34 27 - -
Odonata
(Anisoptera)
Aeshnidae
Boyeria vinosa (Say) L - - X -
(Zygoptera)
Coenagrionidae
Argia sp. L 34 27 X -
Coenagrionidae L 67 54 X imm.; dam.
Trichoptera
(Integripalpia)
Helicopsychidae
Helicopsyche borealis (Hagen) L 101 81 - -
Limnephilidae
Limnephilinae
Pycnopsyche sp. L - - X -
(Spicipalpia)
Hydroptilidae
Hydroptilinae
Hydroptila sp. L 34 27 X -
Malacostraca
Decapoda
(Pleocyemata)
Cambaridae
Cambaridae - 1 1 X imm.; gender
Cambarinae
Orconectes sp. - 1 1 - -
MOLLUSCA
Bivalvia
Paleoheterodonta
Unionidae
Unionidae - 2 2 X imm.
Veneroida
Corbiculidae
Corbicula sp. - 1 1 X -
Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae - 34 27 - imm.
Pisidiinae
Pisidium sp. - - - X -
Sphaeriinae
Sphaerium sp. - 1 1 X -
Gastropoda
Basommatophora
Ancylidae
Ferrissia sp. - 34 27 - -
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeinae
Fossaria sp. - - - X -
Pseudosuccinea columella (Say) - - - X -
Physidae
Physinae
Physa sp. - - - X -
Planorbidae
Gyraulus sp. - 336 269 X -
Mesogastropoda
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae - - - X -
Pleuroceridae
Elimia sp. - 941 753 X -
Pleuroceridae - 6821 5457 - imm.; dam.
Viviparidae
Campeloma sp. - 1 1 X -
PLATYHELMINTHES
Turbellaria
Turbellaria - 34 27 X -



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