MBSS Site Summary for: BIRD-107-R-2016

Site Photos

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Located on Honeygo Run in the Bird River watershed, 8-digit code: 02130803.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/3/2016 and again in the summer on 8/8/2016.

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 Good - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,307 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 70.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 0.6 %
Forested Land Use 26.8 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 5/20 (Poor)
Epifaunal Substrate 4/20 (Poor)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 50 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 25 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 60 %
Embeddedness 50 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.61
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		1012.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.7175 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 9 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Rosyside Dace 149
Creek Chub 108
White Sucker 67
Longnose Dace 65
Blacknose Dace 51
Swallowtail Shiner 17
Tessellated Darter 10
Least Brook Lamprey 7
American Eel 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Common Five-Lined Skink
Eastern American Toad
Northern Green Frog

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Common Reed (Phragmites)
English Ivy
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Mimosa
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 91
Hydrobaenus Midge 16
Sympotthastia Non-Biting Midges 3
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 2
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 2
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Diamesa Bloodworm 2
Tipula Crane Fly 2
Calopteryx Damselfly 2
Caecidotea Isopod 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Saetheria 1
Somatochlora 1
Stenelmis Beetle 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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