MBSS Site Summary for: DEER-107-X-2011

Site Photos

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Located on THOMAS RUN UT in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/22/2011 and again in the summer on 6/22/2011.

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 Good - 5.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 588 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 12.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 30.1 %
Forested Land Use 52 %


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 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 46 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 35 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 35 %
Embeddedness 30 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.7
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		861.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.918 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 6 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 444
Rosyside Dace 187
Creek Chub 63
Tessellated Darter 19
White Sucker 12
American Eel 7
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Northern Green Frog
Northern Spring Peeper
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii
Orconectes virilis

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Mimosa
Multiflora Rose
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 25
EPHEMERELLIDAE Spiny Crawler Mayfly 15
Prosimulium Black Fly 12
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 10
Epeorus Mayfly 9
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
TANYTARSINI Non-Biting Midges 5
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 5
Psephenus Water Penny 3
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 3
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 2
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Pronggilled Mayfly 2
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 2
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 2
PERLIDAE Common Stonefly 2
Isotomurus Elongate-Bodied Springtail 2
Chimarra Fingernet Caddisfly 1
GOMPHIDAE Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 1
Helichus Beetle 1
Stenelmis Beetle 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Diphetor Mayfly 1
Stilocladius Midge 1
NEMOURIDAE Nemourid Stonefly 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 1
LIMNEPHILIDAE Northern Casemaker Caddisfly 1
CRANGONYCTIDAE Scud 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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