MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-109-R-2000

Site Photos

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Located on BLACK SULPHUR RUN in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/16/2000 and again in the summer on 7/31/2000.

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 - 2.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 760 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 4.4 %
Forested Land Use 95.1 %


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 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 70 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 10 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 92 %
Embeddedness 10 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 19.1 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.6 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.01
Conductivity 60 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		145.4 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 3 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 268
Creek Chub 22
Potomac Sculpin 9
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Wood Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 18
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 17
Epeorus Mayfly 16
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 16
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 13
Prosimulium Black Fly 8
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 6
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 5
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 3
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 3
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Sweltsa Stonefly 2
Lumbriculidae Worm 1
Collembola Springtail 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Stegopterna Black Fly 1
Heleniella European Non-Biting Midge 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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