Macroinvertebrates
Aquatic Plants
Equipment
Habitats
Surveys
100
This benthic macroinvertebrate is small and translucent
What is a phantom midge or Chaoboridae
100
This emergent plant can be grilled and used as a replacement hotdog
What is cattail or Typha species
100
This device is used to read the level of dissolved oxygen in water
What is a dissolved oxygen meter
100
This lentic habitat is characterized for having little to no light, oxygen, and cold temperatures during summer stratification
What is the benthic zone
100
This should be completed every time you visit a site before entering the water
Water chemistry
200
This family is small and has a round body with long antenna and a notched upper lip. They are scrapers and clingers, and often mistaken for other families in this order.
What is a small minnow mayfly or Baetidae
200
This plant is known for being a fall pollinator often found around Toxicodendron radicans
What is jewelweed or Impatiens capensis
200
This tool is used to collect macroinvertebrates and fish primarily
What is a dip net
200
This lentic habitat is characterized for being open water
What is the lentic or pelagic zone
200
The survey completed by catching fish and identifying them to the species level
What is the Index of Biotic Integrity
300
This Odonata often has a flattened body with a rounded rear and "Mickey Mouse" antennae
What is a clubtail dragonfly or Gomphidae
300
This emergent plant is named for its leaves distinct shape
What is arrowhead or Sagittaria species
300
This device is used to determine trophic state of lakes
What is a secchi disc?
300
This lentic habitat is found along the shore, where the majority of aquatic plants will grow and provide ample habitat for spawning and cover from predators
What is the littoral zone
300
This survey measures plant species with coefficients of conservatism, which estimates the degree to which a species is associated with high-quality natural communities similar to those which existed pre-colonization
What is the Floristic Quality Assessment Index
400
This Odonata family has 90 species in 15 genera, most being found in lentic habitats. They have 3 tracheal gills, a mask without a cleft, and their antennal segments are 1 short
What are narrow-winged damselflies or Coenagrionidae
400
This emergent plant that grows in clumps has a round stem and will grow soft, small yellow flowers at the ends of its stalks in the summer
What is soft rush of Juncus effusus
400
This device is used to collect benthic macroinvertebrates
What is an ekman dredge
400
This lentic habitat is characterized as being deep and plantless
What is the profundal zone
400
After catching a fish, what can you use to estimate fish condition?
What is relative weight
500
This family's preferred habitat are riffles, where the larvae can create nets to filter feed using the current.
What are finger-net caddisfly or Philopotamidae
500
This submerged aquatic plant with a foul odor has 6-10 whorled cylindrical branches at each node, but does not have any true leaves.
What is muskgrass or Chara
500
This device is used to collect benthic water chemistry
What is a Lamotte water sampler
500
List the three layers of stratification from warmest to coldest during winter stratification
What are the hypolimnion, thermocline, and epilimnion
500
This macroinvertebrate survey, named after its creator, estimates the overall tolerance of the community in a sampled area, weighted by the relative abundance of each taxonomic group (family, genus, etc.). Organisms are assigned a tolerance number from 0 to 10 pertaining to that group's known sensitivity to organic pollutants; 0 being most sensitive, 10 being most tolerant.
What is the Hilsenhoff Biotic Index