Pike Creek (at 3 Little Bakers restoration area)
White Clay Creek Watershed: Site P3 (39 44 02 N, 75 42 25 W)
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This site is located in the middle of a mile long riparian restoration site. The State of Delaware (DNREC) extensively restored over a mile of streamside of Pike Creek. This site monitors the results of this restoration as it was in place several years before the restoration took place.
RIPARIAN HABITAT ASSESSMENT DATA:
| DATE |
CM |
BSC |
E |
RQ |
FR |
SD |
VD |
BSL |
BSR |
BVL |
BVR |
S |
RZL |
RZR |
TOTAL |
HCI % |
CLASS |
| 5/12/10 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
19 |
13 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
136 |
77.7 |
MD |
Macroinvertebrate Survey Data (Sample Date 10/7/10):
| KEY: |
SENSITIVE TAXA |
FACULTATIVE TAXA |
TOLERANT TAXA |
| EPHEMEROPTERA (Mayflies) |
4 - 6 |
| PLECOPTERA (Stoneflies) |
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| TRICHOPTERA (Caddisflies): |
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| Other Caddisflies |
4 - 6 |
| Hydropsychidae (Common Netspinners) |
10+ |
| ANISOPTERA (Dragonflies) |
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| ZYGOPTERA (Damselflies) |
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| MEGALOPTERA (Hellgrammites & Alderflies) |
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| COLEOPTERA (Beetles) |
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| TIPULIDAE (Craneflies) |
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| DIPTERA (True Flies): |
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| Chironomidae (Midges) |
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| Simuliidae (Black Flies) |
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| Other True Flies |
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| HEMIPTERA (True Bugs) |
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| AMPHIPODA (Scuds) |
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| ISOPODA (Aquatic Sowbugs) |
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| DECAPODA (Crayfish) |
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| GASTROPODA (Snails) |
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| HIRUDINEA (Leeches) |
1 - 3 |
| OLIGOCHAETA (Aquatic worms) |
1 - 3 |
| TURBELLARIA (Flat worms) |
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| OTHER |
1 - 3 |
| Freshwater clams |
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| Water strider |
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