MBSS Site Summary for: BUSH-202-X-2017


Located on James Run in the Bush River watershed, 8-digit code: 02130701.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/13/2017 and again in the summer on 8/22/2017.

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 Fair - 3.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 7,076 acres Cows standing in a stream at a site with high agricultural land use. Cows survey the sampling procedure at this extreme example of a highly agriculturalized site.
Urban Land Use 18 %
Agricultural Land Use 39.6 %
Forested Land Use 35.4 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 15 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 75 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Shading 70 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
No water quality measurements available for this site.

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 26 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 184
Tessellated Darter 170
Swallowtail Shiner 137
Eastern Mosquitofish 98
American Eel 39
Creek Chub 32
Common Shiner 28
White Sucker 26
Longnose Dace 17
Northern Hogsucker 14
Margined Madtom 12
Redbreast Sunfish 12
Smallmouth Bass 12
Blacknose Dace 10
Cutlip Minnow 10
Green Sunfish 9
Spotfin Shiner 8
Sea Lamprey 7
Yellow Bullhead 6
Bluegill 5
Creek Chubsucker 5
Banded Killifish 4
Largemouth Bass 4
Pumpkinseed 4
River Chub 4
Satinfin Shiner 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Orconectes limosus
Procambarus sp.

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

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
ACENTRELLA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 16
CHIMARRA Fingernet Caddisfly 12
ORTHOCLADIUS Non-Biting Midges 11
POLYPEDILUM Non-Biting Midges 11
STENELMIS Beetle 9
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
SIMULIUM Black Fly 6
CLINOCERA Aquatic Dance Fly 5
PSEPHENUS Water Penny 4
HYDROPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 4
CRICOTOPUS Non-Biting Midges 3
EUKIEFFERIELLA Non-Biting Midges 3
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 3
AMPHINEMURA Spring Stonefly 2
MICRASEMA 2
NILOTHAUMA 1
ACRONEURIA Golden Stoneflies 1
OECETIS Long-Horned Caddisfly 1
GOMPHIDAE Clubtail Dragonfly 1
ANTOCHA Crane Fly 1
PARATENDIPES European Non-Biting Midge 1
TANYPODINAE Non-Biting Midges 1
THIENEMANNIELLA Non-Biting Midges 1
THIENEMANNIMYIA GROUP Non-Biting Midges 1
DUBIRAPHIA Riffle Beetle 1
OPTIOSERVUS Riffle Beetle 1
ORTHOCLADIINAE Midge 1
HEMERODROMIA Tiny Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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