Lamoille River - Daryl Kuhn, 05/14/13

General Info

Investigator Name(s):

Erin and Kelsey

Collection Date & Time:

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 9:15am

Present:

Clear/Sunny

School:

Edmunds Middle School

Watershed:

Lamoille Basin

River:

Lamoille River

Monitoring Site:

Seymour River

Latitude:

44.646597

Longitude:

-72.871403

Physical Assessment

Embeddedness:

26-50%

Water Odor:

Fish

Water Appearance:

Clear

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Farm

Golf Course

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

River Bottom Composition

Bedrock:

32%

Boulders:

14%

Cobble:

Sand, Silt, Clay:

16%

Organic Matter (leaves, fallen twigs):

20%

Algal Growth

Bottom covered by algae:

Bank Vegetation

Left bank:

65%

Right bank:

60%

Riparian Vegetation Zone

Left bank:

20ft

Right bank:

25ft

Overhead Canopy

Canopy Cover:

18%

Biotic Assessment

PT Group 1 (Intolerant)

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Stonefly Nymph:

Mayfly Nymph:

Caddis Fly Larvae:

Dobsonfly Larvae:

Riffle Beetle:

Water Penny:

Right-Handed Snail:

PT Group 2 (Moderately Intolerant)

Enter the number of each observed

Damselfly Nymph:

Dragonfly Nymph:

Sowbug:

Scud:

Cranefly Larvae:

Clams/Mussels:

Crayfish:

PT Group 3 (Fairly Tolerant)

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Midges:

Black Fly Larvae:

Planaria:

Leech:

PT Group 4 (Very Tolerant)

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Left-Handed Snail:

Aquatic Worms:

Blood Midge:

Rat-Tailed Maggot:

Other Biological Indicators

Native Mussels

Chemical Assessment

pH

Trial 1:

6.5

Trial 2:

8.0

Orthophosphate PO4-3:

0.08mg/L