MBSS Site Summary for: AL-A-500-103-95


Located on WHITE SULPHUR RUN UT1 in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/27/1995 and again in the summer on 7/28/1995.

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.
Fish IBI Poor - 1.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 159 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 0 %
Forested Land Use 99.8 %


Stream showing woody debris, logs, and rocky substrate.
An example of woody debris in a stream.

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 6/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		3/20 (Poor)
Riffle Quality 6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 20 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 18.5 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.1 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.59
Conductivity 82 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		125.3 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. 		Close-up of a mayfly indicator species.

Fish Survey Results:
The following 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
No Fish Observed 0
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 26
Ostrocerca Stonefly 24
Epeorus Mayfly 20
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 18
Stegopterna Black Fly 17
Caecidotea Isopod 14
Sweltsa Stonefly 7
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 5
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 5
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 4
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 4
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Clioperla Green-Winged Stonefly 1
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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