MBSS Site Summary for: DCRL-106-B-2008

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site DCRL-106-B-2008-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site DCRL-106-B-2008-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on MEADOW MOUNTAIN RUN in the Deep Creek Lake watershed, 8-digit code: 05020203.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/31/2008 and again in the summer on 6/24/2008.

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 - 3.5 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,412 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 7.5 %
Agricultural Land Use 4.1 %
Forested Land Use 87.5 %


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 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 55 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 23 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 50 %
Embeddedness 15 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 14 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 10.3 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.47
Conductivity 52 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		50.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.3248 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 2 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Redfin Pickerel 4
Rock Bass 2
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Long-Tailed Salamander
Northern Spring Peeper
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Seal Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus carinirostris
Orconectes virilis

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 30
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 15
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 15
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 8
Trissopelopia Non-Biting Midges 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 6
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 5
Stegopterna Black Fly 4
Orthocladiinae Midge 3
Nanocladius Non-Biting Midges 3
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 2
Habrophlebia Prong-Gilled Mayfly 2
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 2
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Stenacron Mayfly 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Promoresia Riffle Beetle 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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