MBSS Site Summary for: FURN-101-C-2000

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Located on WINCH RUN (BUCK SWAMP CR) in the Furnace Bay watershed, 8-digit code: 02130609.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/13/2000 and again in the summer on 7/20/2000.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 5.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 747 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0.1 %
Agricultural Land Use 10.9 %
Forested Land Use 86.4 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 16/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 35 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 43 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 92 %
Embeddedness 10 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 16.5 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.5 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.66
Conductivity 70 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		120.8 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 2.2 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 8 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Rosyside Dace 107
Blacknose Dace 83
Creek Chub 49
Blue Ridge Sculpin 40
American Eel 22
Margined Madtom 4
Cutlip Minnow 3
White Sucker 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 44
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 12
Simulium Black Fly 7
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 7
Naididae Aquatic Worm 5
Prosimulium Black Fly 5
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 5
Psephenus Water Penny 4
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 4
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 4
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 3
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 3
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 2
Gomphidae Clubtail Dragonfly 2
Antocha Crane Fly 1
Diploperla 1
Nanocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Brachycentridae Humpless Case Maker Caddisfly 1
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Psilotreta Mortarjoint Casemaker Caddisfly 1
Acentrella Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 1
Pisidiidae Pill Clam 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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