📍 M1: Doctors Meadows (upstream site)

River: Misbourne Catchment: Colne Filter(s): 113

Your Site at a Glance

216
Species Detected
167
Genera Identified
90
Families Found
947,074
DNA Sequences

How Your Site Compares

Metric Your Site Misbourne Average Study Average
Species 216 238 206
Genera 167 168 151
Families 90 90 83
EPT Families 4 6 6

Rank 9 of 10 on Misbourne Rank 40 of 81 in study

🌊 Water Quality Indicators

Moderate

BMWP score: 67 (Moderate) — ASPT score: 4.8 (Moderate)

14 scoring macroinvertebrate families detected

Water quality is moderately impacted; some pollution-sensitive families are present but diversity is limited.

🔍 Notable Findings

Conservation Species:

Invasive Species:

🦋 Top 10 Families at Your Site

1. Chironomidae (Non-biting Midges)
43 (19.9%)
2. Naididae (Aquatic Oligochaetes)
21 (9.7%)
3. Lumbricidae (Common Earthworms)
9 (4.2%)
4. Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
8 (3.7%)
5. Cyclopidae (Cyclopoid Copepods)
5 (2.3%)
6. Isotomidae (Isotomid Springtails)
5 (2.3%)
7. Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)
4 (1.9%)
8. Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)
4 (1.9%)
9. Enchytraeidae (Potworms)
4 (1.9%)
10. Phalangiidae (Long-legged Harvestmen)
4 (1.9%)
Taxonomic composition

🪲 Extended Riverfly Taxa

1 Flatworms 18Dragonflies and Damselflies
2 Freshwater Snails 19Water Boatmen
3 Limpets 20Other Water Bugs
4 Bivalves 21Water Beetles
5 Aquatic Worms 22Alderflies
6 Leeches 23Caseless Caddisflies - Green Sedge
7 Crayfish 24Caseless Caddisflies - Net Spinners
8 Water Hoglouse 25Caseless Caddisflies - Non-Gilled
9 Freshwater Shrimps 26Cased Caddisflies - Hood Case-Maker
10 Invasive Non-Native Shrimps 27Cased Caddisflies - Weighted Case-Maker
11 Mayflies - Angler's Curse 28Cased Caddisflies - Bush Tailed Caddisfly
12 Mayflies - Olives 29Cased Caddisflies - Other
13 Mayflies - Prong Gilled 30Craneflies
14 Mayflies - Flatbodied 31Blackflies
15 Mayflies - Green Drake 32Non-Biting Midges
16 Mayflies - Blue-Winged Olive 33Water Snipe Flies
17 Stoneflies
14/33 Extended Riverfly taxa detected

Note: The Extended Riverfly Monitoring Initiative calculates scores based on abundance categories, which cannot be determined from eDNA presence/absence data. This checklist shows which taxa groups were detected but does not constitute an official ARMI score.

🐟 Fish Species

5 fish species detected (5 families, 39 ESVs)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Salmo trutta (Brown Trout / Sea Trout) Salmonidae 10
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Pink Salmon) Salmonidae 9
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout) Salmonidae 5
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Three-spined Stickleback) Gasterosteidae 3
Cottus bairdii Cottidae 2

🪰 EPT Species (Mayflies, Stoneflies & Caddisflies)

7 EPT species detected (4 families, 13 ESVs — E:1 / P:0 / T:6)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Baetis rhodani (Large Dark Olive) Baetidae 2
Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 4
Drusus annulatus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 2
Sericostoma personatum (Sericostomatid Caddisflies) Sericostomatidae 2
Apatania cimbrica (Apataniid Caddisflies) Apataniidae 1
Limnephilus extricatus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Limnephilus marmoratus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1

🔗 Your Ecological Twin

Most similar site: M2 - Mop End
River: Misbourne (same river)
Similarity: 39% of species shared
Download Data

216 Species detected at this site — CSV format, opens in Excel

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