MBSS Site Summary for: FR-P-223-240-96


Located on BEAVER DAM CR in the Double Pipe Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140304.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/11/1996 and again in the summer on 8/28/1996.

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 Fair - 3.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 3,570 acres Cows standing in a stream at a site with high agricultural land use. Cows survey the sampling procedure at this extreme example of a highly agriculturalized site.
Urban Land Use 0.2 %
Agricultural Land Use 83.6 %
Forested Land Use 15.7 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 9/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 8/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 45 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.2 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.75
Conductivity 312 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		1440 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.6 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 10 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Bluntnose Minnow 258
Blacknose Dace 63
Creek Chub 34
Yellow Bullhead 21
Longnose Dace 19
Fantail Darter 17
Redbreast Sunfish 9
Banded Killifish 7
White Sucker 7
Largemouth Bass 2
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Snapping Turtle

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 23
Limnodrilus Worm 23
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 21
Stenelmis Beetle 12
Hexatoma Crane Fly 4
Stictochironomus Non-Biting Midge 2
Dubiraphia Riffle Beetle 2
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 1
Chironomus Non-Biting Midges 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Sphaerium Fingernail Clam 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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