05538270 DATA: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, 2000

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05538270 HICKORY CREEK AT SCHMUHL RD NR NEW LENOX, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'04", long 87°55'39", in SE¼ NE¼ SE¼ sec.14, T.35N., R.11E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 157 feet upstream of School House Road Bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 49.13 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.

FISH: Water year 2001.

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 157 feet upstream of School House Road and continues upstream for 787 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)						7/13/2000
				Family
					Subfamily			Life stage	Quantitative sample		Laboratory notes
						(Tribe)
							Taxon		Abundance (count)	Density (number/m²)

PLATYHELMINTHES
	Turbellaria
							Turbellaria	-	54	126	-
MOLLUSCA
	Gastropoda
		Mesogastropoda
				Pleuroceridae
							Elimia sp.	-	66	154	-
	Bivalvia
		Veneroida
				Sphaeriidae
							Sphaeriidae	-	7	16	imm.
					Pisidiinae
							Pisidium sp.	-	12	28	-
					Sphaeriinae
							Sphaerium sp.	-	36	84	-
ANNELIDA
	Oligochaeta
		Tubificida
			(Tubificina)
				Tubificidae
							Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard	-	6	14	-
							Tubificidae	-	636	1488	-
ARTHROPODA
	Malacostraca
		Decapoda
			(Pleocyemata)
				Cambaridae
					Cambarinae
							Orconectes sp.	-	1	2	-
		Isopoda
			(Asellota)
				Asellidae
							Caecidotea sp.	-	6	14	-
	Insecta
		Ephemeroptera
			(Pisciforma)
				Baetidae
							Baetis flavistriga McDunnough	L	18	42	-
							Baetis intercalaris McDunnough	L	48	112	-
							Baetis sp.	L	36	84	-
			(Setisura)
				Heptageniidae
							Heptageniidae	L	180	421	imm.; dam.
							Leucrocuta sp.	L	60	140	-
							Stenacron sp.	L	6	14	-
		Odonata
			(Zygoptera)
				Coenagrionidae
							Argia sp.	L	12	28	-
		Plecoptera
							Plecoptera	L	18	42	imm.
		Megaloptera
				Sialidae
							Sialis sp.	L	6	14	-
		Trichoptera
			(Spicipalpia)
				Hydroptilidae
							Hydroptilidae	P	6	14	imm.
					Hydroptilinae
							Hydroptila sp.	L	36	84	-
			(Annulipalpia)
				Hydropsychidae
					Hydropsychinae
							Ceratopsyche bronta (Ross)	L	1	2	-
							Cheumatopsyche sp.	L	24	56	-
							Hydropsyche depravata group	L	25	58	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	L	36	84	-
		Lepidoptera
				Pyralidae
					Nymphulinae
						(Argyactini)
							Petrophila sp.	L	30	70	-
		Coleoptera
			(Polyphaga)
				Elmidae
							Dubiraphia sp.	L	12	28	-
							Stenelmis sp.	L	558	1305	-
				Psephenidae
							Psephenus herricki (DeKay)	L	37	87	-
		Diptera
			(Nematocera)
				Chironomidae
					Chironominae
						(Chironomini)
							Polypedilum sp.	L	6	14	-
					Tanypodinae
						(Natarsiini)
							Natarsia sp.	L	6	14	-
						(Pentaneurini)
							Nilotanypus sp.	L	6	14	-

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data