05551931 DATA: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, 2000

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05551931 BIG ROCK CREEK AT JERICHO RD NR SUGAR GROVE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'00", long 88°30'28", in SW¼ NW¼ NW¼ sec.36, T.38N., R.6E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 66 feet upstream of bridge at Jericho Road.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 106 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 66 feet upstream of Jericho Road and continues upstream for 984 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)						7/24/2000
				Family
					Subfamily			Life stage	Quantitative sample		Laboratory notes
						(Tribe)
							Taxon		Abundance (count)	Density (number/m²)

PLATYHELMINTHES
	Turbellaria
							Turbellaria	-	43	101	-
NEMATODA
							Nematoda	-	58	136	-
MOLLUSCA
	Bivalvia
		Veneroida
				Sphaeriidae
					Pisidiinae
							Pisidium sp.	-	14	33	-
ANNELIDA
	Oligochaeta
		Tubificida
			(Tubificina)
				Naididae
							Naididae	-	14	33	-
				Tubificidae
							Tubificidae	-	72	168	-
	Hirudinea
		Rhynchobdellae
				Glossiphoniidae
							Glossiphoniidae	-	14	33	-
ARTHROPODA
	Arachnida
							Acari	-	187	437	-
	Insecta
		Ephemeroptera
			(Furcatergalia)
				Potamanthidae
							Anthopotamus myops (Walsh)	L	1	2	-
				Caenidae
							Caenis sp.	L	14	33	-
				Leptohyphidae
							Tricorythodes sp.	L	72	168	-
			(Pisciforma)
				Baetidae
							Baetis flavistriga McDunnough	L	173	405	-
							Baetis intercalaris McDunnough	L	29	68	-
							Baetis sp.	L	115	269	-
			(Setisura)
				Heptageniidae
							Heptageniidae	L	533	1247	imm.; dam.
							Leucrocuta sp.	L	14	33	-
							Stenonema sp.	L	14	33	-
				Isonychiidae
							Isonychia sp.	L	245	573	-
		Odonata
			(Zygoptera)
				Coenagrionidae
							Argia moesta (Hagen)	L	1	2	-
		Megaloptera
				Corydalidae
					Corydalinae
							Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus)	L	1	2	-
				Sialidae
							Sialis sp.	L	14	33	-
		Trichoptera
			(Spicipalpia)
				Hydroptilidae
							Hydroptilidae	L	14	33	dam.
							Hydroptilidae	P	29	68	indet.
					Hydroptilinae
							Hydroptila sp.	L	101	236	-
			(Annulipalpia)
				Philopotamidae
					Chimarrinae
							Chimarra sp.	L	245	573	-
				Hydropsychidae
							Hydropsychidae	L	360	842	imm.; dam.
					Hydropsychinae
							Ceratopsyche bronta (Ross)	L	158	370	-
							Ceratopsyche sp.	L	562	1315	-
							Cheumatopsyche sp.	L	792	1853	-
							Hydropsyche depravata group	L	101	236	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	L	202	473	-
		Lepidoptera
				Pyralidae
					Nymphulinae
						(Argyactini)
							Petrophila sp.	L	29	68	-
		Coleoptera
			(Polyphaga)
				Elmidae
							Optioservus sp.	L	29	68	-
							Stenelmis crenata (Say)	A	44	103	-
							Stenelmis sp.	L	331	774	-
		Diptera
			(Nematocera)
				Chironomidae
					Chironominae
						(Chironomini)
							Microtendipes sp.	L	14	33	-
							Polypedilum sp.	L	29	68	-
						(Tanytarsini)
							Rheotanytarsus sp.	L	173	405	-
					Orthocladiinae
							Cardiocladius sp.	L	43	101	-
							Cricotopus bicinctus group	L	14	33	-
							Cricotopus sp.	L	72	168	-
							Cricotopus/Orthocladius sp.	L	43	101	-
							Orthocladiinae	P	14	33	-
							Tvetenia sp.	L	158	370	-
					Tanypodinae
						(Pentaneurini)
							Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996)	L	14	33	-
				Simuliidae
							Simuliidae	L	101	236	imm.
							Simuliidae	P	14	33	indet.
				Tipulidae
					Limoniinae
							Antocha sp.	L	115	269	-
			(Brachycera)
				Empididae
					Hemerodromiinae
							Hemerodromia sp.	L	29	68	-
				Tabanidae
							Tabanus sp.	L	1	2	-

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data