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Monitoring Team Information
Recent Documents
CRWC's Adopt-A-Stream Training Materials
Common Macroinvertebrates in the
Clinton River Watershed Identification Key
(with Updated Snail ID Information)
University of Wisconsin Extension Bug ID Chart
Michigan Groundwater Mapping Project
Want to see an aerial view of your site or your home?
Find out its topography?
Find USGS gauge stations?
Find soils and wetlands?
Visit the Michigan Groundwater Mapping Project website and check out the interactive map viewer.
USGS Stream Gauge Locations
Want to check water levels at the USGS stream gauge closest to your site?
Click here.
Michigan Clean Water Corp (MICorp) Habitat Assessment Presentation (4 MB)
Online Resources:
- Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest
- Jr. CAM - Catalog of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (photos)
- Macroinvertebrate Quiz A-CAM Jr/Senior High School; (Answer Key)
- Macroinvertebrate Quiz B-CAM Jr/Senior High School; (Answer Key)
- Michigan Trout Streams Emergence Schedule. The Challenge Chapter -Trout Unlimited.
(Online calendar of when MI trout insects emerge-change from larvae to adult).
- New York State Department of Conservation-Key to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (photos)
- The Stream Study
(ID Keys and Resources based on Save Our Streams Program of the Izaak Walton League of America)
- US EPA- Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Our Waters
- Virginia Save Our Streams Macroinvertebrate Identification Online Training
(Macroinvertebrate module only; other training modules follow different procedures)
- Michigan Clean Water Corp (MICorp) Macroinvertebrate Identification Presentation (7MB)
Books:
A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America
Voshell, J. Reese Jr. 2002. The McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company.
Field friendly sized guide. Nice combination of color identification plates, identification characteristics and habitat/behavior information.
Paperback. 442 pages. $29.95 list price.
Aquatic Entomology: The Fishermen’s and Ecologists’ Illustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives
McCafferty, W. Patrick. 1998. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Useful information about family-level life cycles, macroinvertebrate identification and beautiful color illustrations.
Paperback. 480 pages. $76.95 list price.
Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America
Pecarsky, Barbara L. et al. 1990. Cornell University Press. 442 pages.
Paperback. $34.95 list price.
Guide to Aquatic Insects & Crustaceans
Izaak Walton League of America. 2006. Stackpole Books.
Fully illustrated guide to identifying aquatic macroinvertebrates.
Paperback. 74 pages. $7.95 list price. www.stackpolebooks.com.
How to Know the Aquatic Insects
Lehmkuhl, Dennis M. 1979. McGraw-Hill.
Field-friendly taxonomic key (family level) with sketches.
Spiral bound paperback.168 pages. $31.25 list price.
Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America
Third Edition. Merritt, R.W. and K.W. Cummins.1996. Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Demonstrations how to use an identification key and has interesting information about the life cycles, habitats and unique features, in addition to the identification key.
Spiral bound paperback. 862 pages. $77.95 list price.
The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations
Rosenbauer, Tom. 2000.
A pocket-sized guide with lots of great information on the behavior and habitat of key trout food sources. Great photographs and lots of fly tying information. Limited information on larvae of many species.
Hardback. 164 pages. $16.95 list price.
Pond and Stream Safari-A Guide to the Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates
Cornell Cooperative Extension. 1996. Cornell University.
4-H Education resource with user-friendly information on the life and habitats of aquatic invertebrates. Includes profiles of common invertebrates. Many useful illustrations.
Paperback. $16.75. Order from Cornell University.
Trout Stream Insects-An Orvis Streamside Guide
Pobst, Dick. 1990. The Lyons Press (The Globe Pequot Press).
A detailed pocket sized field guide to the major trout-stream insects of the US. Divided into Eastern and Western US species. Organized by hatch date and includes lots of fly tying information for those who enjoy trout fishing. Lots of beautiful photographs. Limited to primary trout food sources; little information on other aquatic macroinvertebrates.
Hardback. 81 pages. $16.95 list price.