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Crabby Tributary 1

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Basin: Southwest Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number116
descriptionWalnut Lane, western tributary
Latitude (decimal)40.0492
Longitude (decimal)-75.4680
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)0
Percent developed57.1
Percent in agriculture0.5
Percent forested40
Percent wetland or water0.0
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)4.5
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)<0.01
pH8.1
Conductivity (μmhos)608
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)43
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2007
MAIS score7.0
water quality based on MAIS scorefair
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateCeratopogonidae (biting midges)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateNemouridae (nemourid stoneflies)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateBaetidae (small minnow mayflies)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
7th most abundant macroinvertebratePhilopotamidae (fingernet caddisflies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateCapniidae/Leuctridae (winter and spring stoneflies)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateEmpididae (aquatic dance flies)

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