05551548 DATA: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, 2000

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05551548 WAUBANSEE CREEK AT OSWEGO, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°41'10", long 88°20'58", at NW¼ NE¼ SW¼ sec.17, T.37N., R.8E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 1214 feet upstream of Hwy 25 Bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 29.61 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 1214 feet upstream of Highway 25 and continues upstream for 591 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)						7/21/2000
				Family
					Subfamily			Life stage	Quantitative sample		Laboratory notes
						(Tribe)
							Taxon		Abundance (count)	Density (number/m²)

PLATYHELMINTHES
	Turbellaria
							Turbellaria	-	84	196	-
NEMATODA
							Nematoda	-	42	98	-
MOLLUSCA
	Gastropoda
		Mesogastropoda
				Pleuroceridae
							Pleuroceridae	-	56	131	imm.
	Bivalvia
		Veneroida
				Corbiculidae
							Corbicula sp.	-	2	5	-
				Sphaeriidae
							Sphaeriidae	-	434	1015	imm.; dam.
					Pisidiinae
							Pisidium sp.	-	84	196	-
					Sphaeriinae
							Musculium sp.	-	28	65	-
							Sphaerium sp.	-	1	2	-
ANNELIDA
	Oligochaeta
		Tubificida
			(Tubificina)
				Tubificidae
							Tubificidae	-	266	622	-
		Enchytraeida
				Enchytraeidae
							Enchytraeidae	-	14	33	-
	Hirudinea
		Arhynchobdellae
				Erpobdellidae
							Erpobdellidae	-	1	2	-
ARTHROPODA
	Arachnida
							Acari	-	28	65	-
	Malacostraca
		Decapoda
			(Pleocyemata)
				Cambaridae
							Cambaridae	-	3	7	imm.; gender
		Isopoda
			(Asellota)
				Asellidae
							Caecidotea sp.	-	14	33	-
	Insecta
		Ephemeroptera
			(Furcatergalia)
				Leptohyphidae
							Tricorythodes sp.	L	84	196	-
			(Pisciforma)
				Baetidae
							Baetis flavistriga McDunnough	L	294	688	-
							Baetis intercalaris McDunnough	L	322	753	-
							Baetis sp.	L	280	655	-
			(Setisura)
				Heptageniidae
							Heptageniidae	L	168	393	imm.; dam.
							Stenacron sp.	L	42	98	-
							Stenonema sp.	L	14	33	-
				Isonychiidae
							Isonychia sp.	L	1	2	-
		Odonata
			(Zygoptera)
				Coenagrionidae
							Argia sp.	L	14	33	-
		Trichoptera
			(Spicipalpia)
				Hydroptilidae
					Hydroptilinae
							Hydroptila sp.	L	28	65	-
			(Annulipalpia)
				Philopotamidae
					Chimarrinae
							Chimarra sp.	L	168	393	-
				Hydropsychidae
							Hydropsychidae	L	238	557	imm.; dam.
					Hydropsychinae
							Ceratopsyche bronta (Ross)	L	14	33	-
							Ceratopsyche sp.	L	126	295	-
							Cheumatopsyche sp.	L	196	458	-
							Hydropsyche depravata group	L	112	262	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	L	70	164	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	P	1	2	-
			(Integripalpia)
				Leptoceridae
					Leptocerinae
							Oecetis sp.	L	14	33	-
		Lepidoptera
				Pyralidae
					Nymphulinae
						(Argyactini)
							Petrophila sp.	L	42	98	-
		Coleoptera
			(Polyphaga)
				Elmidae
							Optioservus sp.	L	266	622	-
							Stenelmis crenata (Say)	A	168	393	-
							Stenelmis sp.	L	1288	3013	-
				Psephenidae
							Ectopria sp.	L	14	33	-
							Psephenus herricki (DeKay)	L	84	196	-
		Diptera
			(Nematocera)
				Chironomidae
					Chironominae
							Chironominae	P	14	33	-
						(Chironomini)
							Cryptochironomus sp.	L	14	33	-
							Microtendipes sp.	L	168	393	-
							Polypedilum sp.	L	28	65	-
					Orthocladiinae
							Cricotopus bicinctus group	L	14	33	-
							Cricotopus sp.	L	28	65	-
							Cricotopus/Orthocladius sp.	L	14	33	-
							Tvetenia sp.	L	28	65	-
					Tanypodinae
							Tanypodinae	P	14	33	-
						(Pentaneurini)
							Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996)	L	56	131	-
				Simuliidae
							Simuliidae	L	28	65	imm.
							Simulium sp.	L	14	33	-

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data