Abstract
There is growing concern for the health of the world’s freshwaters, and bioassessment is often used as a water quality monitoring tool under the Clean Water Act. I used the Surber sampler method to collect aquatic macroinvertebrates from disturbed and undisturbed locations within the Flat Brook watershed in northern New Jersey, USA. Percent EPT, FBIBI, and functional feeding groups were compared to suggest the overall water quality of each location. Differences were not statistically significant; but overall high %EPT and excellent FBIBI values suggest high quality waters within the Flat Brook watershed. These positive ecological results indicate the need to preserve the pristine state of the Flat Brook watershed.
How to Cite
Norris, K., (2017) “Comparison Of Mean %EPT, Mean FBIBI, And Functional Feeding Groups Of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates From Disturbed And Undisturbed Sites Within The Flat Brook Watershed In Northern New Jersey”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 30(1).
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