05528032 DATA: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, 2000

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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