Site 4 (Dam)
Organism Name
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Cricket
1
 
 
 
 
 
Earthworm
1
 
 
 
 
 
Physa Snail
1/ & shells
 
 
 
 
 
Cyclops Copepod
~40/ 1mm
 
TMTC
 
 
4
Pouch Snail
 
 
 
1 / 3-4mm
 
 
Damselfly Nymph
1/ 1mm
 
1
 
 
 
Aquatic Worm / Oligochaeta
~5/ 1mm-2mm
6 / .5-3 mm
4
1 / 5-6mm
7/ 1.5mm
24/ 1-2mm
Clam Shirmp / Conchostraca
 
1 / ~.25 mm
 
1
2/ .5mm
4/.25mm
Aquatic Slug / no shell
 
2 / 1.5 mm
1
 
 
 
Baby clam
 
4 / .5-3 mm
4
4
8/ .25-3mm
3
Gilled Snail / Gastropoda
 
3 / 1 mm - 1/2 in
 
 
1/ 1mm
 
Ramshorn Snail 
 
2 / 1/4 in.
6
3 / 1in
 
 
Rove Bettle
 
2
 
 
 
 
Skin Bettle Larva
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daphnia
 
 
2
 
 
 
Mosquito
 
 
1
 
 
 
Unidentified
 
 
2
 
 
4
Crayfish
 
 
1 / 1/2 in
 
 
 
Dragon Fly Nymph
 
 
 
1 / 1/2in
 
 
Midge Fly Nymph         2/ 1.5mm 2
Berosus Beetle Larvae         1/ 8mm  
Planarian
 
 
 
1 / 5mm
7/ 4mm
4/ .5-1mm
Cricket:  found on the bank (irrelevant says Jada)
Earthworm:  
Pouch (physa snail):  can tolerate severe pollution
Cyclops copepod:
aquatic worm:  indicator of organic pollution
Damslfly nymph:  less sensitive to pollution to sev.
Clam shrip:  both
aquatic slug (no shell): cannot be classified with out shell
Clam: indicator of good water quality
Gilled snail:  indicator of good water quality
Ramshorn snail:
Rove Beetle
Skin beetle larvae
mosquito
crayfish:  area of slow moving water, possible pollution indicator
Dragonfly:  can tolerate high levels of pollution, lives in any level
 
Site 4 Sept.28 Oct.5 Oct.12 Oct.19 Oct.26 Oct.2
Ammonia ppm 3.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 4.1 35.1
Nitrate ppm 276.8 283.8 106.4 87.4 298.1 99.1
Total Phosphate ppm 4.0 4.6 3.8 4.3 4.5 6.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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