Table Bc05. Dominant benthic invertebrate taxonomic groups for two sample sites on the Warm Fork of the Spring River (Duchrow 1977).
Site: SWF-4
Mayflies 57% (Ephemeroptera) Caddisflies 16% (Trichoptera) True flies 13% (Diptera)
Pseudocloeon sp. 40% Hydropsyche bifida (gp.) 52% Chironomidae 82%
Baetis sp. 19% Psychomyia flavida 20% Empididae 16%
Tricorythodes sp. 14% Cheumatopsych sp. 19% Ceratopogonidae 1%
Stenonema nepotellum 12%
Site: SWF-0
Mayflies 44% (Ephemeroptera) Caddisflies 30% (Trichoptera) True flies 12% (Diptera)
Pseudocloeon sp. 33% Cheumatopsych sp. 39% Chironomidae 85%
Tricorythodes sp. 16% Hydropsyche bifida (gp.) 29% Empididae 14%
Stenonema nepotellum 16% Psychomyia flavida 23% Simulidae < 1%
Baetis intercalaris 14%

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