Methods-1
Materials:
kick seine (the net) |
waders |
tarp |
bucket with a sieve bottom |
magnifying glass |
insect identification key |
pencil and paper |
Procedure:
- We chose a time when it had not rained for three days.
- We chose a place with no bridges or waterfalls near it.
- We walked into the creek being careful not to disturb the upstream.
- My helper held the kick seine and I kicked dirt into it for 3 minutes.
- Then we poured the dirt in the net into the bucket which we then poured onto the tarp.
- Using the magnifying glass myself and two helpers looked through the dirt and tried to find something for 20 minutes.
- Recorded results.
- When we were done we poured all the dirt and macroinverterbrates back.
- We did this at three different locations in Sligo Creek and three different locations in Sleepy Creek, West Virginia.
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