MBSS Site Summary for: FURN-101-S-2008

Site Photos

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Located on PRINCIPIO CREEK UT in the Furnace Bay watershed, 8-digit code: 02130609.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/4/2008 and again in the summer on 6/2/2008.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 730 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 17 %
Forested Land Use 79.8 %


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 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 46 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 29 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 15 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 14.7 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.9 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.91
Conductivity 78 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		156.8 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.7222 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 56
Blacknose Dace 36
Creek Chub 29
Blue Ridge Sculpin 20
American Eel 13
White Sucker 4
Cutlip Minnow 3
Tessellated Darter 2
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 83
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 8
Epeorus Mayfly 4
Perlidae Common Stonefly 3
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 3
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Hexatoma Crane Fly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Gomphidae Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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