MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-207-S-2010

Site Photos

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Located on Fifteenmile Creek 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 Good - 5.0 / 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 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 10/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 10/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 70 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 6 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Shading 40 %
Embeddedness 10 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.12
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		148.9695 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.4917 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 12 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Potomac Sculpin 132
Blacknose Dace 79
Fantail Darter 40
Bluntnose Minnow 32
Central Stoneroller 29
Creek Chub 26
Rainbow Darter 26
Greenside Darter 16
White Sucker 16
Longnose Dace 5
Rock Bass 1
Smallmouth Bass 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Green Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 23
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 20
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 14
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 13
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 9
Taenionema 8
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 4
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 4
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 3
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 1
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 1
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Psephenus Water Penny 1
Branchiobdellida Aquatic Worm 1
Stenelmis Beetle 1
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 1
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 1
Dugesiidae Flatworm 1
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Stenacron Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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