MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-127-A-2009
Located on Terrapin Run in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed,
8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/17/2009 and again in the summer on 6/1/2009.
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.
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Fish IBI
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Fair - 3.3 / 5.0
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Benthic IBI
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Good - 4.5 / 5.0
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Land Use
Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area
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1,396 acres
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An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
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Urban Land Use
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10.3 %
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Agricultural Land Use
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2.4 %
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Forested Land Use
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87.2 %
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Stream Water Quality:
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| Water temperature |
10.6 ° C
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| Dissolved oxygen (DO) |
10.5 mg/L
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| pH (lab) |
7.16 |
| Conductivity |
134 µmho/cm
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Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity)
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208.8 µeq/L |
| Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) |
1.6278 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.
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The following 3 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Common name |
Count |
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Blacknose Dace
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280 |
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Creek Chub
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219 |
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Fantail Darter
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57 |
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.
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| Long-Tailed Salamander |
| Northern Green Frog |
| Northern Two-Lined Salamander |
| Pickerel Frog |
| Cambarus bartonii bartonii |
| Autumn Olive |
| Canada Thistle |
| Garlic Mustard |
| Japanese Honeysuckle |
| Japanese Stiltgrass |
| Multiflora Rose |
| Shrub Honeysuckle |
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Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Genus/Family |
Common Name |
Count |
| Cinygmula |
Dark Red Quill Mayfly
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20 |
| Leuctridae |
Rolledwinged Stonefly
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15 |
| Prosimulium |
Black Fly
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13 |
| Neophylax |
Caddisfly
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9 |
| Ephemerellidae |
Spiny Crawler Mayfly
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7 |
| Amphinemura |
Spring Stonefly
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7 |
| Isoperla |
Stripetail Stonefly
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6 |
| Chloroperlidae |
Green Stonefly
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6 |
| Epeorus |
Mayfly
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5 |
| Nemouridae |
Nemourid Stonefly
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4 |
| Micropsectra |
Non-Biting Midges
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4 |
| Taeniopterygidae |
Winter Stonefly
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4 |
| Acroneuria |
Golden Stoneflies
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3 |
| Sweltsa |
Stonefly
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3 |
| Ameletus |
Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly
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3 |
| Hexatoma |
Crane Fly
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3 |
| Paraleptophlebia |
Blue Quill Mayfly
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3 |
| Polypedilum |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Lumbriculidae |
Worm
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2 |
| Prostoia |
Spring Stonefly
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2 |
| Thienemannimyia Group |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Trissopelopia |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Microtendipes |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Parametriocnemus |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Diplectrona |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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1 |
| Dicranota |
Hairy-Eyed Cranefly
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1 |
| Maccaffertium |
March Brown And Cahill Mayfly
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1 |
| Leuctra |
Rolled-Winged Stonefly
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1 |
| Stegopterna |
Black Fly
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1 |
| Chimarra |
Fingernet Caddisfly
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1 |
| Girardia |
Freshwater Flatworm
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1 |
Sampling with a kick net.
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