MBSS Site Summary for: DOUB-404-R-2002

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site DOUB-404-R-2002-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site DOUB-404-R-2002-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on LITTLE PIPE CR in the Double Pipe Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140304.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/4/2002 and again in the summer on 7/17/2002.

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 Poor - 2.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 47,878 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 3 %
Agricultural Land Use 83 %
Forested Land Use 11 %


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 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 70 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 11 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 68 %
Embeddedness 17 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 22.1 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.2 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.92
Conductivity 530 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		2536 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 7 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 20 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Bluntnose Minnow 1532
Spottail Shiner 548
Eastern Mosquitofish 92
Blacknose Dace 85
Greenside Darter 69
Redbreast Sunfish 60
Longnose Dace 55
Spotfin Shiner 47
White Sucker 41
Green Sunfish 22
Yellow Bullhead 18
Tessellated Darter 17
Fantail Darter 15
Common Shiner 14
Northern Hogsucker 14
Margined Madtom 13
Central Stoneroller 3
Creek Chub 1
Rosyface Shiner 1
Smallmouth Bass 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Gartersnake
Eastern Snapping Turtle

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 46
Isonychia Slate Drake Mayfly 11
Orthocladiinae Midge 9
Parakiefferiella European Non-Biting Midge 8
Cricotopus Non-Biting Midges 8
Caecidotea Isopod 8
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 5
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 5
Stenelmis Beetle 4
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 3
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 3
Nanocladius Non-Biting Midges 3
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 2
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 2
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 2
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 2
Crangonyx Amphipod 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Ferrissia Small Air-Breathing Freshwater Limpets 1
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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