MBSS Site Summary for: FURN-101-S-2010

Site Photos

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Located on UT to Principio Creek in the Furnace Bay watershed, 8-digit code: 02130609.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/9/2010 and again in the summer on 6/17/2010.

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 - 4.7 / 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 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 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 54 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 22 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 85 %
Embeddedness 20 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.76
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		138.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.424 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 9 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Rosyside Dace 124
Blacknose Dace 88
Creek Chub 57
Blue Ridge Sculpin 42
American Eel 19
Cutlip Minnow 13
Tessellated Darter 5
Margined Madtom 3
White Sucker 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

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

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 50
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 10
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 8
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 6
Epeorus Mayfly 5
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 4
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 4
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 3
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 3
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 3
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 3
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 2
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 2
Capniidae Small Winter Stonefly 2
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 1
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 1
Cultus 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Chironomidae Non-Biting Midge 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Stegopterna Black Fly 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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