05552190 DATA: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, 2000

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05552190 INDIAN CREEK BELOW SHABBONA COUNTY PARK NR HARDING, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°32'09", long 88°51'08", in SE¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec.2, T.35N., R.3E., La Salle County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 1076 feet upstream of Bridge at N41-50.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 125.92 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 1076 feet upstream of North 41-50 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)						7/25/2000
				Family
					Subfamily			Life stage	Quantitative sample		Laboratory notes
						(Tribe)
							Taxon		Abundance (count)	Density (number/m²)

PLATYHELMINTHES
	Turbellaria
							Turbellaria	-	76	178	-
NEMATODA
							Nematoda	-	277	648	-
MOLLUSCA
	Bivalvia
		Veneroida
				Sphaeriidae
							Sphaeriidae	-	101	236	imm.
					Sphaeriinae
							Sphaerium sp.	-	3	7	-
ANNELIDA
	Oligochaeta
		Tubificida
			(Tubificina)
				Naididae
							Naididae	-	25	58	-
				Tubificidae
							Tubificidae	-	101	236	-
	Hirudinea
		Arhynchobdellae
				Erpobdellidae
							Erpobdellidae	-	2	5	-
ARTHROPODA
	Arachnida
							Acari	-	101	236	-
	Malacostraca
		Decapoda
			(Pleocyemata)
				Cambaridae
							Cambaridae	-	1	2	imm.
	Insecta
		Ephemeroptera
			(Furcatergalia)
				Leptohyphidae
							Tricorythodes sp.	L	50	117	-
			(Pisciforma)
				Baetidae
							Baetidae	L	25	58	dam.
							Baetis flavistriga McDunnough	L	302	706	-
							Baetis intercalaris McDunnough	L	50	117	-
							Baetis sp.	L	202	473	-
			(Setisura)
				Heptageniidae
							Heptageniidae	L	25	58	imm.
							Leucrocuta sp.	L	25	58	-
				Isonychiidae
							Isonychia sp.	L	177	414	-
		Trichoptera
			(Spicipalpia)
				Hydroptilidae
							Hydroptilidae	P	50	117	imm.
					Hydroptilinae
							Hydroptila sp.	L	328	767	-
			(Annulipalpia)
				Philopotamidae
					Chimarrinae
							Chimarra sp.	L	76	178	-
				Hydropsychidae
							Hydropsychidae	L	277	648	imm.; dam.
					Hydropsychinae
							Ceratopsyche sp.	L	25	58	-
							Cheumatopsyche sp.	L	277	648	-
							Cheumatopsyche sp.	P	1	2	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	L	101	236	-
							Hydropsyche sp.	P	1	2	-
							Hydropsyche valanis Ross	L	1	2	-
			(Integripalpia)
				Helicopsychidae
							Helicopsyche borealis (Hagen)	L	25	58	-
							Helicopsyche borealis (Hagen)	P	1	2	-
		Lepidoptera
				Pyralidae
					Nymphulinae
						(Argyactini)
							Petrophila sp.	L	50	117	-
		Coleoptera
			(Polyphaga)
				Elmidae
							Stenelmis sp.	L	151	353	-
		Diptera
			(Nematocera)
				Chironomidae
					Chironominae
							Chironominae	P	50	117	-
						(Chironomini)
							Cryptochironomus sp.	L	25	58	-
							Dicrotendipes sp.	L	76	178	-
							Microtendipes sp.	L	126	295	-
							Polypedilum sp.	L	932	2180	-
						(Tanytarsini)
							Cladotanytarsus sp.	L	50	117	-
							Rheotanytarsus sp.	L	479	1120	-
					Orthocladiinae
							Cricotopus bicinctus group	L	126	295	-
							Cricotopus sp.	L	1940	4538	-
							Cricotopus trifascia group	L	504	1179	-
							Cricotopus/Orthocladius sp.	L	580	1357	-
							Orthocladiinae	P	454	1062	-
							Parakiefferiella sp.	L	25	58	-
							Thienemanniella sp.	L	25	58	-
							Tvetenia sp.	L	25	58	-
				Simuliidae
							Simuliidae	L	832	1946	imm.; dam.
							Simulium sp.	P	25	58	-

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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data