MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-207-S-2008

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Located on 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 6/23/2008.

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 Good - 4.7 / 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 13,041 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 4.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 6.8 %
Forested Land Use 88.5 %


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 9/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 9/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 62 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 14 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 65 %
Embeddedness 0 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 18.8 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 12 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.2
Conductivity 76 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		166.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.0551 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 11 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Potomac Sculpin 276
Blacknose Dace 91
Fantail Darter 39
Creek Chub 21
Bluntnose Minnow 19
Central Stoneroller 19
Rainbow Darter 17
White Sucker 10
Longnose Dace 5
Greenside Darter 3
Smallmouth Bass 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 17
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 13
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 10
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 10
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 9
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 9
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 7
Epeorus Mayfly 6
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 3
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 3
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 2
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 2
Sweltsa Stonefly 2
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 1
Heterocloeon 1
Taenionema 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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