The Determination of Minimum Flows for Sulphur Springs, Tampa

Appendix B. Presence of macroinvertebrate taxa in Sulphur Springs on five dates
based on qualitative collections by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission or the Florid Department of Environmental Protection (Nov 1997 only).
Colors represent combinations of dates when taxa were present.
Color Codes (n = number of taxa within each code)
Orange = present only in November 1997 (n=12)
Yellow = present in 1997 and reappeared in Nov. 2001 or Dec. 2003 (n=10)
Red = present only in May 2000 or July 2001 (n=16)
Blue = first occurrence in Nov 2001 (n=8)
Green = first occurrence in Dec 2003 (n=23)
Unshaded = present in both no or low flow and normal flow conditions (n=45)
Date of sampling
Preceding flow condition
Nov. 19,
1997
Prolonged
normal
flow
May 25
2000
No
flow
July 8
2001
Low
flow
Nov. 8
2001
Four
months
normal
flow
Dec. xx
2003
Prolonged
normal flow
Total number of taxa present 33 30 37 38 60
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Hydridae
Hydra sp. --- --- --- --- P
Platyhelminthes
Turbellaria P --- --- P P
Nemertea
Prostoma sp. --- --- --- --- P
Nematoda --- P P P P
Annelida
Aphanoneura --- --- P --- ---
Hirudinea P --- P P P
Oligochaeta (total) P P P P P
Enchytraeidae --- --- P --- ---
Naididae (total) P P P P P
Chaetogaster diastrophus --- --- P --- ---
Dero digitata complex --- --- --- --- P
Dero furcata/lodeni --- --- --- P P
Dero obtusa P --- --- --- ---
Dero pectinata --- --- P --- ---
Nais communis/variabilis --- P P P P
Pristina sp. --- --- P P P
Pristina leidyi --- --- P P P
Pristina synclites --- --- --- --- P
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