MBSS Site Summary for: DEER-113-R-2001

Site Photos

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Located on WET STONE BR in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/14/2001 and again in the summer on 6/25/2001.

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 - 4.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 654 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 1 %
Agricultural Land Use 44 %
Forested Land Use 53 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 34 meters 		11/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 48 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 30 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 16.6 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.07
Conductivity 80 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		171.8 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.1 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 10 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 225
Blacknose Dace 172
Creek Chub 48
Rosyside Dace 47
American Eel 25
Sea Lamprey 19
Longnose Dace 10
White Sucker 3
Common Shiner 1
Cutlip Minnow 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

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

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Stictochironomus Non-Biting Midge 20
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 19
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 11
Probezzia Biting Midges 6
Prosimulium Black Fly 4
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 4
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 4
Epeorus Mayfly 4
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 4
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 3
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 3
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 3
Eurylophella Mayfly 3
Serratella Mayfly 3
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 2
Pagastia 2
Stempellina 2
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Habrophlebia Prong-Gilled Mayfly 2
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 2
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 2
Hemerodromia Tiny Fly 1
Baetidae Small Minnow Mayfly 1
Capniidae Small Winter Stonefly 1
Trissopelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Calopteryx Damselfly 1
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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