MBSS Site Summary for: CR-P-094-349-96


Located on TURKEY FOOT RUN in the Double Pipe Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140304.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/5/1996 and again in the summer on 8/27/1996.

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 - 5.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 7,338 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 8.3 %
Agricultural Land Use 73 %
Forested Land Use 17.9 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 16/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 16/20 (Optimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality 17/20 (Optimal)
Shading 73 %
Embeddedness 20 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.4 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.9
Conductivity 398 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		2518 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.8 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 12 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Fantail Darter 190
Potomac Sculpin 161
Longnose Dace 136
Bluntnose Minnow 40
Spottail Shiner 28
Blacknose Dace 17
Creek Chub 13
White Sucker 8
Greenside Darter 5
Bluegill 4
Satinfin Shiner 3
Central Stoneroller 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Orconectes virilis

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 35
Stenelmis Beetle 24
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 23
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 3
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 3
Diamesa Bloodworm 3
Antocha Crane Fly 1
Sphaerium Fingernail Clam 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Hemerodromia Tiny Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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