MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-205-R-2015


Located on TERRAPIN RUN in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/31/2015 and again in the summer on 7/7/2015.

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 Fair - 3.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 2,186 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 9.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 3.6 %
Forested Land Use 86.7 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 44 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 37 meters 		11/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 65 %
Embeddedness 5 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.2
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		170.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.2384 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 115
Creek Chub 51
Fantail Darter 6
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Green Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 63
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 13
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 7
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 6
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 5
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 3
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 3
Ostrocerca Stonefly 3
Taenionema 3
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 3
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 2
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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