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For more information contact:
Ted Bolak
248-601-0606
ted@crwc.org

Adopt-A-Stream Monitoring Resources

CRWC's Adopt-A-Stream Training Materials

Physical Monitoring Resources

Michigan Clean Water Corp (MICorp) Habitat Assessment Presentation (4 MB)

Macroinvertebrate Resources:

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.

Chemical Monitoring Resources

Chemetrics (source of Chemets Dissolved Oxygen and Phosphorus Tests)

Earthforce (source of Turbidity Test)

Sensafe (source for pH and Nitrate tests)

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