Pond Water Quality Data Sheet
with Animal Indicators
Group ______________
Pond location _______________________
Weather: sunny | partly cloudy | mostly cloudy | rainy
Pond Animal
Insect Orders
Odonata
Dragonfly nymph
Damselfly nymph
Hemiptera
(true bugs)
Suborder
Heteroptera
Backswimmer
Water strider
Water boatman
Giant water bug
Ferocious water
bug
Water scorpion
(thin)
Water scorpion (fat)
Coleoptera
(beetles)
Predacious diving
beetle
Crawling water
beetle (spots)
Burrowing water
beetle
Water scavenger
beetle
Diptera (Flies)
Mosquito larva
Midge larva
Trichoptera
Caddisfly larva
Ephemeroptera
Mayfly nymph
Number Found (Tally)
Air Temp. ________
Total
Tolerance
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Most
Most
Least
Least
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November 2009
Date _______________
Water Temp. ________
Notes
Pond Water Quality Data Sheet
with Animal Indicators
Crustaceans
Crawfish
(crayfish)
Glass/grass
shrimp
Scud
Mollusks
Lung snail (left)
Gills snail (right)
Mussels
Worms
Leeches
Segmented
worms
Fish
Mosquito fish
Young
largemouth bass
Killifish
Sunfish
Amphibian
Frog
Tadpole
Other:
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Most
Least
Moderate
Most
Most
Most
Moderate
Moderate
Least
Reptiles
Red-eared slider
(turtle)
Mud turtle
Cooter (turtle)
Broad-banded
water snake
Yellow-bellied
water snake
Green water
snake
Blotched water
snake
Other snake:
Alligator
Other
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November 2009
Pond Water Quality Data Sheet
with Animal Indicators
How many kinds of organisms were least tolerant to pollution? ______
Total # of organisms _______
How many kinds of organisms were moderately tolerant to pollution? _____
Total # of organisms _______
How many kinds of organisms were most tolerant to pollution? _______
Total # of organisms _____
How many kinds of organisms were found in this pond? ________
Using the above information, is this pond healthy? Support answer with data collected.
©Armand Bayou Nature Center
November 2009
Pond Water Quality Data Sheet
with Animal Indicators
Physical and Chemical Water Quality Parameters
Pond location _______________________ Date _______________
Color of the water _______________________
What does the water smell like? _______________________
Weather: sunny | partly cloudy | mostly cloudy | rainy
Air Temp. ___________ Water Temp. _____________
D.O. __________ Nitrates _________ pH ___________
Phosphates__________ Turbidity ___________
How can this data be used to infer the diversity of organisms and health of this pond?
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November 2009