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Table 5.

Mean number of midges per square meter by study reach and aquatic strata. For sample sizes, refer to Table 1. SE=standard error.


Study reach
Year
Backwater
contiguous
±
1 SE
Impoundeda
±
1 SE
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
Pool 4
1993
203
32
364
38
87
50
40
34
 
1994
233
61
182
22
135
80
23
21
 
1995
116
17
78
14
12
5
10
6
 
1996
47
12
37
11
33
17
25
13
 
1997
81
20
190
43
5
4
7
7
 
1998
98
12
324
51
24
14
2
2
 
1999
107
22
243
36
33
17
56
46
 
2000
82
14
59
12
77
22
77
65
 
2001
32
9
88
15
31
20
0
0
 
2002
90
20
68
15
52
36
0
0
 
2003b
 
2004
89
15
113
20
44
28
64
30
aImpounded area for Pool 4 is Lake Pepin, a Tributary Delta Lake.
bSampling not conducted in 2003 because of budget constraints.


Study reach
Year
Backwater
contiguous
±
1 SE
Impounded
±
1 SE
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
Pool 8
1993
40
11
66
8
42
13
10
8
 
1994
38
11
12
7
57
50
3
2
 
1995
12
4
13
4
9
7
0
0
 
1996
19
6
20
5
1
1
4
3
 
1997
20
7
39
7
10
6
6
6
 
1998
100
18
82
11
83
40
33
15
 
1999
46
16
53
14
24
7
38
34
 
2000
84
23
20
7
32
13
19
12
 
2001
97
25
26
7
8
4
0
0
  2002
72
13
68
17
36
18
54
32
  2003
92
32
13
3
6
2
2
2
 
2004
87
25
625
138
141
67
4
4


Study reach
Year
Backwater
contiguous
±
1 SE
Impounded
±
1 SE
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
Pool 13
1993
237
56
916
130
18
9
190
135
 
1994
144
43
43
33
8
4
50
40
 
1995
93
18
19
7
2
2
3
2
 
1996
53
14
5
3
12
8
4
4
 
1997
213
99
19
6
0
0
10
9
 
1998
148
37
61
29
3
2
33
22
 
1999
698
220
11
4
5
4
4
4
 
2000
1664
223
63
30
25
18
8
4
 
2001
56
14
22
21
3
3
0
0
 
2002
570
137
12
6
3
2
0
0
 
2003
416
80
4
2
0
0
0
0
 
2004
625
135
137
67
11
4
0
0


Study reach
Year
Backwater
contiguous
±
1 SE
Impounded
±
1 SE
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
Pool 26
1993
81
17
136
26
0
0
0
0
 
1994
90
26
46
15
2
1
9
8
 
1995
48
18
31
15
a
a
 
1996
112
37
48
10
6
4
11
7
 
1997
106
46
39
11
0
0
6
4
 
1998
34
11
30
12
1
1
1
1
 
1999
59
19
42
10
9
6
1
1
 
2000
82
14
78
15
27
8
17
6
 
2001
267
68
149
22
18
6
0
0
 
2002
255
58
313
52
19
9
28
9
 
2003b
 
2004
104
24
453
53
14
11
15
8
aSampling not completed because of high water.
bSampling not conducted in 2003 because of budget constraints.

 

Study reach
Year
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
Open River Reach
1993a
 
1994
4
2
8
4
 
1995
41
12
10
4
 
1996
21
4
3
2
 
1997a
 
1998
5
2
4
2
 
1999
2
1
6
3
 
2000
119
30
9
4
 
2001b
aSampling not conducted in 1993 or 1997 because of high water.
bSampling discontinued in 2001.

 

Study reach
Year
Backwater
contiguous
±
1 SE
Side channel
±
1 SE
Main channel
border
±
1 SE
La Grange Pool
1993
92
22
26
5
27
10
 
1994
51
9
75
14
58
10
 
1995
54
24
50
14
15
4
 
1996
97
21
136
38
175
64
 
1997
188
58
55
27
64
22
 
1998
244
68
21
9
25
6
 
1999
120
43
25
7
13
4
 
2000
177
62
25
6
18
4
 
2001
132
30
73
26
12
4
 
2002
264
51
90
31
21
5
 
2003a
 
2004
167
41
110
27
30
8
aSampling not conducted in 2003 because of budget constraints.


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