MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-127-A-2010

Site Photos

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Located on Terrapin Run in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/24/2010 and again in the summer on 6/24/2010.

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 - 2.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,402 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 10.5 %
Agricultural Land Use 2.4 %
Forested Land Use 87.2 %


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 10/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 47 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 44 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 65 %
Embeddedness 35 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.98
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		108.2 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.5768 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 2 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 58
Creek Chub 21
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
Canada Thistle
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 26
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 17
Prosimulium Black Fly 12
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 7
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 6
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 4
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 3
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 3
Ostrocerca Stonefly 3
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 2
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 2
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 2
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 2
Taenionema 2
Helichus Beetle 1
Bezzia Biting Midge 1
Stegopterna Black Fly 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Girardia Freshwater Flatworm 1
Diamesinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 1
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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