MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-102-R-2008

Site Photos

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Located on UT FIFTEEN MILE CREEK in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/27/2008 and again in the summer on 6/30/2008.

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 Poor - 1.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 415 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 1.1 %
Agricultural Land Use 4.6 %
Forested Land Use 94.4 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 8/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 7/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 14 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 65 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Shading 99 %
Embeddedness 50 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 19.7 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.6 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.345
Conductivity 146 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		327.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.015 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 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 5
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Northern Red Salamander
Northern Watersnake

Crayfish:
Cambaridae
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Canada Thistle
Japanese Honeysuckle
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 16
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 11
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 11
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 8
Neophylax Caddisfly 5
Diphetor Mayfly 5
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 3
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 3
Stegopterna Black Fly 3
Diamesa Bloodworm 3
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 3
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 3
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 2
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 2
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 1
Physa Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 1
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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