MBSS Site Summary for: DEER-101-A-2012


Located on DEER CREEK UT in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/27/2012 and again in the summer on 7/3/2012.

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 - 4.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 5.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,349 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 4.6 %
Agricultural Land Use 69.7 %
Forested Land Use 21.5 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 9/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 34 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 53 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 60 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.62
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		520.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.1398 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 13 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 296
Blacknose Dace 273
American Eel 79
Rosyside Dace 41
Creek Chub 33
Longnose Dace 33
White Sucker 18
Tessellated Darter 12
Margined Madtom 8
Green Sunfish 6
Cutlip Minnow 5
Brown Trout 1
Yellow Bullhead 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Eastern Box Turtle
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
Privet
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 34
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 17
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 10
EPHEMERELLIDAE Spiny Crawler Mayfly 10
Agapetus Tiny Black Short-Horned Caddisfly 7
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 6
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 6
PERLIDAE Common Stonefly 5
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 2
Eurylophella Mayfly 2
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 2
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 2
Isonychia Slate Drake Mayfly 1
Psephenus Water Penny 1
Acentrella Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 1
Hydrobaenus Midge 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Stenelmis Beetle 1
Simulium Black Fly 1
Diamesa Bloodworm 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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