📍 MM10A: Panshanger Div. Chan. 2

River: Mimram Catchment: Upper Lea (Hertfordshire) Filter(s): 142

Your Site at a Glance

272
Species Detected
205
Genera Identified
102
Families Found
667,793
DNA Sequences

How Your Site Compares

Metric Your Site Mimram Average Study Average
Species 272 204 206
Genera 205 151 151
Families 102 77 83
EPT Families 13 8 6

Rank 2 of 10 on Mimram Rank 16 of 81 in study

🌊 Water Quality Indicators

Very Good

BMWP score: 159 (Very Good) — ASPT score: 6.6 (Excellent)

24 scoring macroinvertebrate families detected

Near-natural conditions with an unpolluted, diverse macroinvertebrate community.

🔍 Notable Findings

Conservation Species:

Invasive Species:

🦋 Top 10 Families at Your Site

1. Chironomidae (Non-biting Midges)
69 (25.4%)
2. Naididae (Aquatic Oligochaetes)
35 (12.9%)
3. Enchytraeidae (Potworms)
8 (2.9%)
4. Lumbricidae (Common Earthworms)
6 (2.2%)
5. Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
6 (2.2%)
6. Cyclopidae (Cyclopoid Copepods)
5 (1.8%)
7. Psychodidae (Moth Flies)
5 (1.8%)
8. Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)
5 (1.8%)
9. Lumbriculidae (Aquatic Earthworms)
5 (1.8%)
10. Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
4 (1.5%)
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
23/33 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

7 fish species detected (6 families, 52 ESVs)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Phoxinus phoxinus (Minnow) Cyprinidae 7
Salmo trutta (Brown Trout / Sea Trout) Salmonidae 5
Leuciscus leuciscus (Dace) Cyprinidae 3
Thymallus aeliani Salmonidae 3
Barbatula barbatula (Stone Loach) Nemacheilidae 3
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Three-spined Stickleback) Gasterosteidae 2
Cottus bairdii Cottidae 1

🪰 EPT Species (Mayflies, Stoneflies & Caddisflies)

21 EPT species detected (13 families, 53 ESVs — E:5 / P:5 / T:11)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Baetis rhodani (Large Dark Olive) Baetidae 5
Serratella ignita (Blue Winged Olive) Ephemerellidae 4
Baetis vernus (Medium Olive) Baetidae 3
Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Turkey Brown) Leptophlebiidae 2
Ephemera danica (The Mayfly) Ephemeridae 1
Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
Isoperla grammatica (Yellow Sally) Perlodidae 11
Leuctra fusca (Late Needle Fly) Leuctridae 3
Nemoura dubitans (Doubtful Stonefly) Nemouridae 2
Leuctra digitata (Rolled-winged Stoneflies) Leuctridae 1
Nemurella pictetii (Pictet's Stonefly) Nemouridae 1
Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 7
Sericostoma personatum (Sericostomatid Caddisflies) Sericostomatidae 3
Halesus radiatus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 2
Silo nigricornis (Humpless Case-maker Caddisflies) Goeridae 1
Athripsodes cinereus (Long-horned Caddisflies) Leptoceridae 1
Leptocerus tineiformis (Long-horned Caddisflies) Leptoceridae 1
Limnephilus ignavus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Limnephilus marmoratus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Potamophylax latipennis (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Lype reducta (Tube-case Caddisflies) Psychomyiidae 1
Rhyacophila dorsalis (Free-living Caddisflies) Rhyacophilidae 1

🔗 Your Ecological Twin

Most similar site: MM8 - Tewinbury Farm
River: Mimram (same river)
Similarity: 46% of species shared
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