NEON Prototype Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Data from D03 Ichawanochaway Creek (ICHA), 2015

Benthic macroinvertebrates in wadeable streams are sampled 3 times per year, roughly in spring, summer, and fall. Samples are collected in the two most dominant habitat types within the NEON sampling reach, using the most appropriate type of benthic sampler for the substratum and habitat type. Macroinvertebrate samples are preserved in the field and shipped to an external lab for sorting, subsampling, taxonomic identification, and morphometric analysis. Macroinvertebrate samples were collected in Arthur’s Brook in Ichawaynochaway Creek in July 2015.

可涉水溪流中的底栖大型无脊椎动物（Benthic macroinvertebrates）每年将进行3次采样，采样时段大致覆盖春季、夏季与秋季。采样工作将在NEON样段内两种最具优势的生境类型中开展，并根据底质与生境类型选用最适配的底栖采样器。采集到的大型无脊椎动物样本将在野外完成固定保存，随后运送至外部实验室，开展分拣、分样、分类鉴定与形态测量分析。2015年7月，研究人员在伊查韦诺克韦溪（Ichawaynochaway Creek）内的亚瑟溪（Arthur’s Brook）采集了此类样本。