MBSS Site Summary for: CASS-105-D-2014

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site CASS-105-D-2014-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site CASS-105-D-2014-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on MEADOW RUN 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 8/6/2014.

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 Fair - 3.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,166 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 3.3 %
Agricultural Land Use 16.7 %
Forested Land Use 70 %


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 10/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 4/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 58 meters 		4/20 (Poor)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 19 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 85 %
Embeddedness 35 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Poor' at this location.


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 3 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Creek Chub 58
Blacknose Dace 24
Bluegill 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:
Cambarus carinirostris

Exotic Plants:
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 27
Stegopterna Black Fly 20
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 17
Prosimulium Black Fly 14
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 6
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 3
Simuliidae Black Fly 3
Ephemera Mayfly 3
Stenacron Mayfly 3
Orthocladiinae Midge 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 2
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 2
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Hemerodromia Tiny Fly 1
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 1
Paratanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Chironomini Non-Biting Midge 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Hexatoma Crane Fly 1
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 1
Prostoma Freshwater Nemertean (Ribbon Worm) 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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