MBSS Site Summary for: CE-P-046-207-96


Located on NORTHEAST CR in the Northeast River watershed, 8-digit code: 02130608.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/14/1996 and again in the summer on 8/12/1996.

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 - 4.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 15,113 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 2 %
Agricultural Land Use 72.2 %
Forested Land Use 24.7 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 18/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 16/20 (Optimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality 19/20 (Optimal)
Shading 60 %
Embeddedness 35 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 19.8 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.2 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.3
Conductivity 170 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		646.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 4.5 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 14 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
American Eel 35
River Chub 25
Common Shiner 24
Cutlip Minnow 18
White Sucker 17
Creek Chub 13
Northern Hogsucker 11
Margined Madtom 7
Rosyside Dace 7
Longnose Dace 5
Smallmouth Bass 5
Blacknose Dace 2
Redbreast Sunfish 2
Tessellated Darter 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern American Toad
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 38
Prosimulium Black Fly 28
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 21
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 6
Neophylax Caddisfly 3
Strophopteryx Early Brown Stonefly 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Micrasema 1
Stygobromus Amphipod 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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