MBSS Site Summary for: FURN-101-S-2014

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 3/10/2014 and again in the summer on 7/29/2014.

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 - 3.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.3 / 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 6.6 %
Agricultural Land Use 9.9 %
Forested Land Use 70.2 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 38 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 42 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 60 %
Embeddedness 50 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.88
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		140.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.8645 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 7 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Rosyside Dace 87
Blacknose Dace 31
Blue Ridge Sculpin 18
American Eel 11
Margined Madtom 10
Creek Chub 9
Cutlip Minnow 4
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

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

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 48
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 26
Epeorus Mayfly 15
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 6
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 6
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 2
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 2
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 2
Diploperla 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Phaenopsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Capniidae Small Winter Stonefly 1
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 1
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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