MBSS Site Summary for: FISH-116-R-2004

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site FISH-116-R-2004-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site FISH-116-R-2004-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on LITTLE BLACKWATER R UT in the Fishing Bay watershed, 8-digit code: 02130307.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/24/2004 and again in the summer on 6/8/2004.

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 - 1.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.1 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 179 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 27 %
Agricultural Land Use 17 %
Forested Land Use 54 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.81
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		749.2 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 8.6 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 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
No Fish Observed 0
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Fowler's Toad
Northern Spring Peeper

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Common Reed (Phragmites)
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Physa Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail 53
Menetus Air Breathing Freshwater Snail 35
Caecidotea Isopod 8
Synurella Amphipod 3
Lymnaeidae Pond Snail 3
Lumbriculidae Worm 2
Pisidiidae Pill Clam 2
Stagnicola Air Breathing Freshwater Snail 2
Crangonyx Amphipod 1
Prostoma Freshwater Nemertean (Ribbon Worm) 1
Hydrochus 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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