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Northwest Branch at Kemp Mill Road

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Organisms Found in 2010
Amphipoda (scuds)
Ancylidae (limpets)
Asellidae (sowbugs)
Baetidae (small minnow mayflies)
Chironomidae (midges)
Corbiculidae (Asiatic clams)
Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Decapoda (crayfish)
Dryopidae (long-toed beetles)
Elmidae (riffle beetles)
Empididae (aquatic dance flies)
Heptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies)
Hydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
Oligochaeta (aquatic worms)
Philopotamidae (fingernet caddisflies)
Planariidae (planarians/flatworms)
Simuliidae (black flies)
Tipulidae (crane flies)

ThumbnailMap of Northwest Branch at Kemp Mill Road

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within its watershed.

1 - The team decides where to sample


The team decides where to sample (Anne Ambler, photographer)

2 - Gretchen Schwartz and Katie Basiotis collecting

 
Gretchen Schwartz and Katie Basiotis collecting (Anne Ambler, photographer)
 3 - Gretchen Schwartz Katie Basiotis_ and Charlie Dorian examine the sampleGretchen Schwartz, Katie Basiotis, and Charlie Dorian examine the sample
(Anne Ambler, photographer)

4 - Gretchen Schwartz Phillip Capon_ Charlie Dorian_ and Jewl Barlow identify the first sample collected at the site_ April 2010

Gretchen Schwartz, Phillip Capon, Charlie Dorian, and Jewel Barlow identify the first sample collected at the site in April 2010 (Glenn Welch, photographer)

5 - Baetidae (small minnow mayfly) found

 
We found Baetidae (small minnow mayfly)
(Glenn Welch, photographer)

6 - Jewel Barlow takes a break

 
Jewel Barlow takes a break (Anne Ambler, photographer)
 7 - Phillip Capon and Charlie Dorian test the pH levelPhillip Capon and Charlie Dorian test the pH level.  After high pH readings in April 2010, the team studied pH levels in tributaries upstream.  (Anne Ambler, photographer)

8 -The team and leader Glenn Welch enjoy winter monitoring

 

The team and leader Glenn Welch enjoy winter monitoring (Anne Ambler, photographer)

 

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