Most common species in each season:

• Water pennies, netspinners, and hellgrammites all appeared most commonly in fall

• Asian clams and gilled snails were most commonly found in winter.

• Trueflies, midges, beetles, caddisflies, dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies, and worms were all most commonly found in spring

• Spring was the season with the greatest variety of species 

• May was the month in which the benthic scores were the highest, with mayflies and caddisflies appearing the most.

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Most common species at each creek:

• At Rocky Creek, the Midge was the primary species recorded.

• At Upper Rocky, the Caddisfly was species recorded the most.

• At Lower Rocky and Buck Creek, the mayfly was the most recorded species

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Benthic scores:

Out of the three locations, lower Rocky received the highest average benthic score of 116, while Buck’s average was 81, and Rocky’s average, the lowest, was 76.