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Ecological Studies at the Woodworth Study Area

Effects of Two Fire Suppressant Foams on Benthic Invertebrates Colonizing Artificial Substrates in Portable Limnocorrals

Table 1

Table 1. Benthic invertebrate taxa collected by artificial substrates in Fish Lake, Stutsman County, North Dakota on June 4-9, 1993 during an evaluation of the effects of 2 fire suppressant foams on aquatic organisms.

                                                                                                                                                                         

            ACARINA
            TRICHOPTERA
                Family Leptoceridae
                     Mystacides sp.
                     Oecetis sp.
                     Triaenoides sp.
            COLEOPTERA
                Family Dytiscidae
                     Hydroporini larvae
            DIPTERA
                Family Ceratopogonidae
                     Bezzia sp.
                Family Chironomidae
                     Ablabesmyia sp.
                    *Chironomus sp.
                    *Dicrotendipes sp.
                     Eukiefferiella sp.
                    *Hydrobaenus sp.
                     Lenziella sp.
                    *Parachironomus sp.
                    *Paracricotopus sp.
                     Procladius sp.
                     Tanypus sp.
                     Tanytarsus sp.
                Family Ephydridae
                                                                                                                                                                         
*Indicates the 5 most dominant taxa

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