MBSS Site Summary for: BUSH-103-R-2004

Site Photos

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Located on CHURCH CR UT 2 BUSH R in the Bush River watershed, 8-digit code: 02130701.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/17/2004 and again in the summer on 6/21/2004.

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 - 2.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 283 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 14 %
Agricultural Land Use 18 %
Forested Land Use 68 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 9/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 50 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 25 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Shading 90 %
Embeddedness 50 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 21.7 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.7 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.39
Conductivity 377 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		224.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 4.1 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
Creek Chub 31
Creek Chubsucker 6
Green Sunfish 5
Pumpkinseed 4
Brown Bullhead 3
Bluegill 1
Golden Shiner 1
Largemouth Bass 1
White Sucker 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern American Toad
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambaridae

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 53
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 28
Limnephilidae Northern Casemaker Caddisfly 4
Prostoma Freshwater Nemertean (Ribbon Worm) 3
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 2
Stegopterna Black Fly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Thienemannimyia group Non-Biting Midges 2
Ironoquia Northern Caddisfly 1
Lumbriculidae Worm 1
Sialis Alderfly 1
Diplocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Paratanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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