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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528032       BULL CREEK BELOW MILWAUKEE AVE NR LIBERTYVILLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°18'52", long 87°57'44", in SW¼ SW¼ SW¼ sec.4, T44N, R11E, Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 26 feet upstream of side of bridge on abandoned road in forest preserve off Milwaukee Ave.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 7.77 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.


REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. One quantitative sample was collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). A Hess sampler was used to collect five subsamples from coarse-grained substrates in flowing water. The sampler had a sampling area of 0.086 m2 and was fitted with a 425 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. Reach A begins 26 feet upstream of the abandoned road in the forest preserve and continues upstream for 492 feet. The surface area sampled at reach A was 0.43 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 Reach A
(Suborder) 7/17/2000
Family
Subfamily Life stage Quantitative sample Laboratory notes
(Tribe)
Taxon Abundance
(count)
Density
(number/m2)

PLATYHELMINTHES
Turbellaria
Turbellaria - 35 82 -
NEMERTEA
Enopla
Hoplonemertea
(Monostilifera)
Tetrastemmatidae
Prostoma sp. - 14 33 -
MOLLUSCA
Gastropoda
Basommatophora
Ancylidae
Ancylidae - 91 213 imm.; dam.
Ferrissia sp. - 7 16 -
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae - 14 33 dam.
Pisidiinae
Pisidium sp. - 56 131 -
Sphaeriinae
Sphaerium sp. - 7 16 -
ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Megadrile - 1 2 -
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - 14 33 -
Hirudinea
Rhynchobdellae
Glossiphoniidae
Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus) - 1 2 -
ARTHROPODA
Arachnida
Acari - 63 147 -
Malacostraca
Decapoda
(Pleocyemata)
Cambaridae
Cambaridae - 1 2 gender
Amphipoda
(Gammaridea)
Gammaridae
Gammarus sp. - 2 5 -
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Baetidae L 7 16 dam.
Baetis flavistriga McDunnough L 7 16 -
Baetis sp. L 14 33 -
Plecoptera
(Euholognatha)
Capniidae
Capniidae L 7 16 imm.
(Systellognatha)
Perlidae
Acroneuriinae
(Acroneuriini)
Perlesta sp. L 1 2 -
Trichoptera
(Spicipalpia)
Hydroptilidae
Hydroptilinae
Hydroptila sp. L 7 16 -
(Annulipalpia)
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychidae L 203 475 imm.; dam.
Hydropsychinae
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 568 1329 -
Hydropsyche depravata group L 134 313 -
Hydropsyche sp. L 63 147 -
Coleoptera
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Optioservus sp. L 7 16 -
Stenelmis crenata (Say) A 15 35 -
Stenelmis sp. L 329 770 -
Diptera
(Nematocera)
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironominae P 21 49 -
(Chironomini)
Chironomini L 7 16 mount
Microtendipes sp. L 28 65 -
Polypedilum sp. L 119 278 -
(Tanytarsini)
Micropsectra sp. L 7 16 -
Rheotanytarsus sp. L 7 16 -
Orthocladiinae
Hydrobaenus sp. L 21 49 -
Nanocladius sp. L 7 16 -
Orthocladiinae L 35 82 dam.; mount
Parametriocnemus sp. L 56 131 -
Rheocricotopus sp. L 14 33 -
Tanypodinae
(Natarsiini)
Natarsia sp. L 7 16 -
(Pentaneurini)
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996) L 56 131 -
Culicidae
Aedes sp. A 7 16 -
Simuliidae
Simuliidae L 140 327 imm.
Simulium sp. L 14 33 -
Simulium sp. P 7 16 -
(Brachycera)
Empididae
Hemerodromiinae
Hemerodromia sp. L 21 49 -


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