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This website serves as a source and data dictionary for aquatic macroinvertebrates recognized by PADEP for inclusion in official statewide index calculations.

  • See the Data Dictionary tab for additional information on the taxa table, including definitions for each column.
  • See the Macroinvertebrate Taxa Table tab for an interactive table that can be downloaded as a .csv document


Data Dictionary

Data Dictionary for PADEP Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Taxa List
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UPDATES

This table was updated on January 12, 2023.

Columns

TSN  character

Taxonomic serial number from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

RANK  character

Taxonomic rank of laboratory identification

LABORATORY_ID  character

The organism as it was identified in the laboratory and entered on a bench sheet

ASSESSMENT_ID  character

The organism as it is recognized by PADEP and used for index calculations. This may be different from LABORATORY_ID, as defined in Table 3 of Chapter 3.6 in the PADEP Monitoring Book (Brickner, 2020)

DEP_LAB_ID_TV  numeric

DEP pollution tolerance value (PTV) for the organism identified in the laboratory, represented in LABORATORY_ID column. These PTVs are integer values that range from 0-10, with values closer to 0 representing relative sensitivity to pollution and values closer to 10 representing relative tolerance of pollution

DEP_ASSESS_ID_TV  numeric

DEP pollution tolerance value (PTV) for the organism at the assessment level, represented in ASSESSMENT_ID column. These PTVs are integer values that range from 0-10, with values closer to 0 representing relative sensitivity to pollution and values closer to 10 representing relative tolerance of pollution

DEP_LAB_ID_FFG  character

DEP functional feeding group (FFG) for the organism identified in the laboratory, represented in LABORATORY_ID column. Abbreviations indicate: collector-gatherer (CG), filter-collector (FC), piercer (PI), predator (PR), scraper (SC), shredder (SH), and unknown (UK).

DEP_ASSESS_ID_FFG  character

DEP functional feeding group (FFG) for the organism at the assessment level, represented in ASSESSMENT_ID column. Abbreviations indicate: collector-gatherer (CG), filter-collector (FC), piercer (PI), predator (PR), scraper (SC), shredder (SH), and unknown (UK).

DEP_BCG_WARM  numeric

DEP biological condition gradient (BCG) value for the organism at the assessment level, represented in ASSESSMENT_ID column. BCG values are integers that range from 1-6 with the six attributes described as: (1) historically documented, sensitive, long-lived, or regionally endemic taxa; (2) sensitive-rare taxa; (3) sensitive-ubiquitous taxa; (4) taxa of intermediate tolerance; (5) tolerant taxa; and (6) non-native or intentionally introduced taxa (Davies and Jackson 2006, Gerritsen and Jessup 2007).

DEP_BCG_COLD  numeric

DEP biological condition gradient (BCG) value for the organism at the assessment level, represented in ASSESSMENT_ID column. BCG values are integers that range from 1-6 with the six attributes described as: (1) historically documented, sensitive, long-lived, or regionally endemic taxa; (2) sensitive-rare taxa; (3) sensitive-ubiquitous taxa; (4) taxa of intermediate tolerance; (5) tolerant taxa; and (6) non-native or intentionally introduced taxa (Davies and Jackson 2006, Gerritsen and Jessup 2007).

DEP_BUG_CODE  numeric

DEP unique identifier for each taxon used for internal database metric calculations.

PHYLUM  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the phylum level

CLASS  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the class level

SUBCLASS  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the subclass level

SUPERORDER  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the superorder level

ORDER  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the order level

FAMILY  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the phylum family

GENUS  character

The taxonomic classification of the organism at the phylum genus

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REFERENCES

  • Brickner, M. 2020. Macroinvertebrate laboratory subsampling and identification protocol. Chapter 3.6, pages 33-43 in J. Lookenebill and R. Whiteash (editors). Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/CleanWater/WaterQuality/Pages/Data-Collection-Protocols.aspx

  • Davies, S.P. and S.K. Jackson. 2006. The biological condition gradient: a descriptive model for interpreting change in aquatic ecosystems. Ecological Applications 16(4):1251-1266.

  • Gerritsen, J. and B. Jessup. 2007. Identification of the biological condition gradient for freestone (non-calcareous) streams of Pennsylvania. Prepared for United States Environmental Protection Agency and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Tetra Tech, Inc. Owings Mills, Maryland. 53 pp.

  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). https://itis.gov/
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Macroinvertebrate Taxa Table