Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

BRUSHY MEADOW CREEK
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Segment: Basin, East Bangor Dam to mouth
Stream code: 64106
Drainage list: C


TABLE 3
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
Kick-Screen & D-frame Results
BRUSHY MEADOW CREEK
December 1998


TAXA   STATION 1 STATION 2
    kick screen D-frame kick screen D-frame
     
 
 
 
Mayflies
 
 
 
 
Baetidae Baetis
X
1
X
1
Ephemerellidae Ephemerella
X
-
X
-
  Eurylophella
-
-
-
1
  Serratella
X
10
X
3
Stoneflies
 
 
 
 
Perlidae Acroneuria
X
-
-
-
  Eccoptura*
-
1
X
-
  Phasganophora **
X
-
-
-
Capnidae Paracapnia
-
-
-
1
Nemouridae Oemopteryx
X
22
X
28
  Strophopteryx
X
10
X
28
Taenioptergidae Taeniopteryx
X
15
X
5
Caddisflies
 
 
 
 
Bracycentridae Brachycentrus
-
-
X
-
Hydropsychidae Cheumatopsyche
X
5
-
-
  Diplectrona
X
3
-
-
  Hydropsyche
-
5
X
2
Philopotamidae Chimarra
X
10
X
32
  Dolophilodes
-
-
-
2
Rhyacophilidae Rhyacophila
X
-
X
1
True Flies
 
 
 
 
Chironomidae
-
5
-
5
Simulidae Prosimulium
-
1
-
-
  Simulium
X
-
-
6
Tipulidae Tipula
X
-
X
-
Misc. Insect Taxa
 
 
 
 
Elmidae Optioservus
X
3
-
-
Corydalidae Nigronia
X
1
X
-
Sialidae Sialis
-
-
-
1
Gomphidae
Arigomphus
-
1
-
-
Non-Insect Taxa
 
 
 
 
Amphipoda Crangonyx
X
18
X
15
Isopoda Caecidotea
X
-
 
-
Oligochaeta
X
10
X
1
total # individals
-
121
-
132
taxa richness
19
17
15
16
mEPT***
10
7
9
9
Hilsenhoff
-
4.02
-
3.82
% Dom
-
18.18
-
24.24
total # mMayflies***
-
10
-
4
-
-
3.81
-
2.99
1 - from DEP 1999;  bold entries = taxa with Hils score <5
* initially reported as Classenia. Subsequent sampling of later instars revealed them as Eccoptura
** - = Agnetina
*** - includes only taxa with Hils score <5

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