MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-401-R-2000

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Located on FIFTEENMILE CR in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/16/2000 and again in the summer on 8/17/2000.

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 Good - 4.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 39,661 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 4.2 %
Forested Land Use 92.3 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 17/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 45 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 45 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Shading 40 %
Embeddedness 10 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17.5 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.6 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.15
Conductivity 140 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		195.4 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.5 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 22 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Rainbow Darter 295
Central Stoneroller 259
Fantail Darter 139
Longnose Dace 120
Rock Bass 54
Blacknose Dace 44
Smallmouth Bass 32
Creek Chub 27
Potomac Sculpin 24
Bluntnose Minnow 20
Green Sunfish 16
Greenside Darter 14
River Chub 14
Redbreast Sunfish 13
Fallfish 9
Margined Madtom 4
Chain Pickerel 1
Common Shiner 1
Northern Hogsucker 1
Pumpkinseed 1
Spotfin Shiner 1
White Sucker 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Eastern Snapping Turtle
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Northern Watersnake

Crayfish:
Orconectes

Exotic Plants:
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Serratella Mayfly 31
Prosimulium Black Fly 20
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 15
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 13
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 7
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 5
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 4
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 2
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 2
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 2
Lumbriculidae Worm 2
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 2
Collembola Springtail 1
Oemopteryx Stonefly 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Cura Flatworm 1
Brachycentridae Humpless Case Maker Caddisfly 1
Caenis Mayfly 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Strophopteryx Early Brown Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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