MBSS Site Summary for: AL-A-143-226-95
Located on SPRING LICK HOLLOW in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed,
8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/22/1995 and again in the summer on 7/5/1995.
Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Results:
An Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) is a scientific tool used to identify and classify stream health. An IBI associates anthropogenic influences on a stream or with biological condition in the stream, and is formulated using data developed from biosurveys.
Details on the development and application of MBSS IBIs are in this document.
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Fish IBI
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Fair - 3.0 / 5.0
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Benthic IBI
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Good - 4.5 / 5.0
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Land Use
Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area
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1,387 acres
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An example of a forested stream.
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Urban Land Use
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0 %
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Agricultural Land Use
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21.2 %
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Forested Land Use
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78.7 %
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Stream Water Quality:
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| Water temperature |
18 ° C
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| Dissolved oxygen (DO) |
9.2 mg/L
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| pH (lab) |
6.84 |
| Conductivity |
71 µmho/cm
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Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity)
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138.2 µeq/L |
| Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) |
2 mg/L |
Biological Stream Condition:
Surveys of the organisms living within a stream can give indications of stream health. Species richness, or the number of different species present, as well as indicator species (species whose presence, absence or abundance can serve as a measure of environmental conditions) are informative for stream health.
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The following 3 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Common name |
Count |
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Blacknose Dace
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143 |
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Creek Chub
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56 |
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Fantail Darter
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3 |
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.
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| Northern Red Salamander |
| Northern Two-Lined Salamander |
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Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Genus/Family |
Common Name |
Count |
| Micropsectra |
Non-Biting Midges
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20 |
| Epeorus |
Mayfly
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17 |
| Prosimulium |
Black Fly
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16 |
| Ephemerellidae |
Spiny Crawler Mayfly
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6 |
| Amphinemura |
Spring Stonefly
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6 |
| Ameletus |
Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly
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5 |
| Heptageniidae |
Flathead Mayfly
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3 |
| Acroneuria |
Golden Stoneflies
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3 |
| Ostrocerca |
Stonefly
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3 |
| Isoperla |
Stripetail Stonefly
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3 |
| Lumbriculidae |
Worm
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2 |
| Neophylax |
Caddisfly
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2 |
| Leuctridae |
Rolledwinged Stonefly
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2 |
| Oemopteryx |
Stonefly
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1 |
| Parametriocnemus |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Rheocricotopus |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Hexatoma |
Crane Fly
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1 |
| Pseudolimnophila |
Crane Fly
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1 |
| Paraleptophlebia |
Blue Quill Mayfly
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1 |
| Orthocladiinae |
Midge
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1 |
| Diplectrona |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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1 |
| Conchapelopia |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Eukiefferiella |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Polycentropus |
Tube Maker Caddisfly
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1 |
| Ectopria |
Water Penny Beetle
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1 |
Sampling with a kick net.
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