MBSS Site Summary for: CASS-101-D-2014

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site CASS-101-D-2014-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site CASS-101-D-2014-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on PINEY CREEK UT in the Casselman River watershed, 8-digit code: 05020204.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/9/2014 and again in the summer on 7/1/2014.

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 - 2.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 214 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 4.5 %
Agricultural Land Use 59.1 %
Forested Land Use 36.2 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 10/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 9/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 45 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 33 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 20 %


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 2 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Creek Chub 95
Blacknose Dace 23
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus carinirostris

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 24
Neophylax Caddisfly 11
Diphetor Mayfly 8
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 6
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 5
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 5
Epeorus Mayfly 5
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 4
Clioperla Green-Winged Stonefly 4
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 4
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 3
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 3
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 3
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 3
Prosimulium Black Fly 3
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 3
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 2
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Diploperla 2
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 2
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 2
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 1
Limnephilidae Northern Casemaker Caddisfly 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 1
Chironomini Non-Biting Midge 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Chrysops Deerfly 1
Isotomurus Elongate-Bodied Springtail 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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