MBSS Site Summary for: CR-P-406-102-96


Located on PINEY CR UT2 in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/21/1996 and again in the summer on 6/13/1996.

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 Fair - 3.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 422 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 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 90.5 %
Forested Land Use 9.5 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		11/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 70 %
Embeddedness 35 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 24.4 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.1 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.27
Conductivity 312 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		848 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 3 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 11 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Bluntnose Minnow 66
Creek Chub 43
Green Sunfish 18
Fantail Darter 12
White Sucker 7
Central Stoneroller 2
Redbreast Sunfish 2
Satinfin Shiner 2
Yellow Bullhead 2
Blacknose Dace 1
Silverjaw Minnow 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Snapping Turtle
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 Non-Biting Midges 48
Prosimulium Black Fly 22
Paracapnia Small Winter Stonefly 8
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 5
Thienemannimyia Non-Biting Midges 4
Stegopterna Black Fly 4
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 4
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 4
Naididae Aquatic Worm 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 1
Sphaerium Fingernail Clam 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Stenacron Mayfly 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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