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Data Series 183

National Water-Quality Assessment Program

An Annotated List of the Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies of the Sand Creek Basin, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, 2004 and 2005

By Robert E. Zuellig1, Boris C. Kondratieff2, David E. Ruiter3, and Richard A. Thorp1

1U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 415, Denver, CO 80225
2Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
36260 South Grant Street, Centennial, CO 80121


CONTENTS

Introduction

Study Area

Methods

Site Selection

Collection Techniques

Sample Processing

Results and Discussion

Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Ameletidae
(Minnow Mayflies)

Baetidae
(Small Minnow Mayflies)

Ephemerellidae
(Spiny Crawler Mayflies)

Heptageniidae
(Flatheaded Mayflies)

Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

Capniidae
(Small Winter Stoneflies)

Chloroperlidae
(Green Stoneflies)

Leuctridae
(Rolled-Wing Stoneflies)

Nemouridae
(Nemourid Stoneflies)

Perlidae
(Common Stoneflies)

Perlodidae
(Perlodid Stoneflies)

Taeniopterygidae
(Willow Flies)

Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Brachycentridae
(Humpless Case Makers)

Glossosomatidae
(Saddlecase Makers)

Hydropsychidae
(Common Netspinners)

Lepidostomatidae
(Lepidostomatid Case Makers)

Limnephilidae
(Northern Case Makers)

Philopotamidae
(Fingernet Caddisflies)

Rhyacophilidae
(Free-Living Caddisflies)

Uenoidae
(Uenoid Case Makers)

Acknowledgments

Literature Cited

Table 1. List of sites with corresponding site identification (Site ID) and locality information sampled for mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies during 2004 and 2005.

[All sites are in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado. North and West coordinates are in decimal degrees, approx., approximately; km, kilometers; NW, northwest; SE, southeast; N Dec Deg, north decimal degrees; W Dec Deg, west decimal degrees; Elev M, elevation in meters]

 
Site ID
Habitat
Location
N Dec Deg
W Dec Deg
Elev M
 
1
Unnamed hillside stream approx. 3.5 km NW of Music Pass trail head
37.93222
-105.51309
3,382
2
Sand Creek approx. 150 m below Upper Sand Creek Lake
37.94237
-105.53833
3,575
3
Woodland Pond approx. 1.2 km SE of Upper Sand Creek Lake
37.93976
-105.53126
3,538
4
Sand Creek approx. 2.8 km SE of Lower Sand Creek Lake
37.92597
-105.51270
3,211
5
Sand Creek approx. 300 m downstream of Little Sand Creek
37.88732
-105.50557
2,920
6
Little Sand Creek approx. 2.6 km upstream of Sand Creek
37.90453
-105.51862
3,229
7
Sand Creek approx. 5.2 km downstream of Little Sand Creek
37.86301
-105.54922
2,660
8
Sand Creek approx. 2.5 km downstream of abandoned mine
37.84290
-105.58318
2,464
9
Unnamed hillside stream approx. 2.9 km NW of Music Pass trail head
37.93121
-105.51010
3,372
10
Unnamed hillside stream approx. 3.7 km NW of Music Pass trail head
37.93242
-105.51428
3,350
11
Upper Sand Creek Lake approx. 6.2 km NW of Music Pass trail head
37.94116
-105.53804
3,581
12
Sand Creek approx. 4.3 km NW of Music Pass trail head
37.93587
-105.52469
3,358
13
Outlet to Lower Sand Creek Lake approx. 75 m downstream from Lower Sand Creek Lake
37.92973
-105.53035
3,524
14
Unnamed tributary to Sand Creek approx. 2.8 km SE of Lower Sand Creek Lake
37.92637
-105.51262
3,227
15
Woodland Pond approx. 1.3 km north of Jones Creek along Sand Creek trail
37.90413
-105.49765
3,028
16
Jones Creek approx. 1 km NE of Little Sand Creek and Sand Creek confluence
37.89307
-105.49758
3,028
17
McKinney Creek near the confluence with Sand Creek at Sand Creek trail crossing
37.88004
-105.51711
2,838
18
Little Spring Gulch near the confluence with Sand Creek
37.87950
-105.52088
2,911
19
Unnamed tributary to Sand Creek just south of Cleveland Gulch at Sand Creek trail crossing
37.86672
-105.54311
2,646
20
Beaver Pond approx. 2.4 km upstream of Jones Creek at Sand Creek trail
37.91161
-105.49886
3,092
21
Little Sand Creek at Sand Creek trail crossing
37.88842
-105.50324
3,229
 

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