AUTAUGA CREEK BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, 2009 Will S. Mooty USGS.
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Transcript of AUTAUGA CREEK BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, 2009 Will S. Mooty USGS.
AUTAUGA CREEK BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, 2009Will S. Mooty
USGS
Autauga Creek Benthic Invertebrate Study
The creek is listed on the 2006 303(d) list for an impaired benthic invertebrate community.
The listing is based on a single sample collected by ADEM in 1999.
The Alabama River Basin group within the Clean Water Partnership partnered with USGS to resample.
Benthic Invertebrate Communities
Invertebrate samples collected in June 2009. Samples were collected using ADEM protocols. Multiple habitats sampled at each of 3 sites
Autauga Creek at County Rd. 10 Bridge Creek at County Rd. 10 Autauga Creek nr. U.S. Hwy 82 (original ADEM
assessment site) Invertebrate identification by EcoAnalysts, Inc. in
Moscow, ID.
Sand Log/Rock Root/Bank Riffle CPOM0
10
20
30
40
50
60Richness
Autauga Creek-Booth, AL Total RichnessBridge Creek-Booth, AL Total RichnessAutauga Creek-Prattville, AL Total RichnessAutauga Creek-Booth, AL EPT RichnessBridge Creek-Booth, AL EPT RichnessAutauga Creek-Prattville, AL EPT Richness
Habitat
Nu
mb
er
of
Taxa
Riffle Richness
Autauga Creek- Booth,
AL
Bridge Creek- Booth, AL
Autauga Creek-
Prattville, AL
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
50
26
44
1713
1516
7
17
Total RichnessEPT RichnessChironomid Richness
Sand Log/Rock Root/Bank CPOM0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000Abundance
Autauga Creek-Booth, AL Taxa AbundanceBridge Creek-Booth, AL Taxa AbundanceAutauga Creek-Prattville, AL Taxa AbundanceAutauga Creek-Booth, AL EPT AbundanceBridge Creek-Booth, AL EPT AbundanceAutauga Creek-Prattville, AL EPT AbundanceAutauga Creek-Booth, AL Chironomid Abundance
Habitat
Nu
mb
er
of
Ind
ivid
uals
Riffle Abundance
Auta
uga
Creek
- Boo
th, A
L
Brid
ge C
reek
- Boo
th, A
L
Auta
uga
Creek
- Pra
ttville,
AL
0
400
800
1200
1600
2000
1036.8
154
1824
432
108
1032
254.4
15
327.95Total AbundanceEPT AbundanceChironomid Abundance
Autauga Creek Synoptic Field Parameter Survey
Field parameters collected at multiple sites in the watershed. Specific conductance Dissolved oxygen Temperature Turbidity pH
Low flow and high flow periods.
Synoptic Results06/23/2009
Dis
solv
ed O
xygen
Speci
fic
Conduct
ance
Tem
pera
ture
Turb
idity
pH
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4
Site 6
Site 7
Site 8
Site 9
Site 10
Site 11
Synoptic Results12/15/2009
Dissolved Oxygen
Specific Conductance
Temperature pH0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7 Site 8 Site 9 Site 10