MBSS Site Summary for: DEER-113-R-2004

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site DEER-113-R-2004-61 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site DEER-113-R-2004-60 (Opens in a new window)

Located on THOMAS RUN UT in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/25/2004 and again in the summer on 7/13/2004.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,237 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 8 %
Agricultural Land Use 40 %
Forested Land Use 51 %


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 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 50 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 25 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 73 %
Embeddedness 20 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 20.1 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.6 mg/L
pH (lab) 8.6
Conductivity 230 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		880.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.3 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 16 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 338
Tessellated Darter 196
Rosyside Dace 140
Swallowtail Shiner 96
Cutlip Minnow 89
White Sucker 79
Creek Chub 67
Redbreast Sunfish 36
Green Sunfish 16
American Eel 15
Sea Lamprey 11
Common Shiner 7
Bluegill 6
Longnose Dace 2
Smallmouth Bass 2
Pumpkinseed 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Eastern Painted Turtle
Eastern Snapping Turtle
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Northern Watersnake
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Canada Thistle
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 20
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 8
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
Prosimulium Black Fly 6
Antocha Crane Fly 5
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 3
Perlidae Common Stonefly 3
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 3
Hemerodromia Tiny Fly 3
Psephenus Water Penny 3
Lumbriculidae Worm 2
Elmidae Riffle Beetle 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Chimarra Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisfly 1
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 1
Gammarus Amphipod 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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