MBSS Site Summary for: FURN-101-S-2017

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Located on UT Principio Creek/Winch Run in the Furnace Bay watershed, 8-digit code: 02130609.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/29/2017 and again in the summer on 6/21/2017.

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 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 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 18 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 57 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 70 %
Embeddedness 35 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.84
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		184.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.5292 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 96
Blacknose Dace 57
Blue Ridge Sculpin 39
Creek Chub 20
Margined Madtom 13
American Eel 10
Cutlip Minnow 2
Tessellated Darter 2
White Sucker 2
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Toad
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
EPHEMERELLA Sulphur Mayfly 51
OULIMNIUS Riffle Beetle 16
AMPHINEMURA Spring Stonefly 13
PROSIMULIUM Black Fly 7
NEOPHYLAX Caddisfly 6
EPEORUS Mayfly 3
ORTHOCLADIUS Non-Biting Midges 3
PARAMETRIOCNEMUS Non-Biting Midges 2
SIMULIUM Black Fly 2
OPTIOSERVUS Riffle Beetle 2
LEUCROCUTA Mayfly 2
TANYTARSUS Non-Biting Midges 2
THIENEMANNIMYIA GROUP Non-Biting Midges 1
PERLODIDAE Perlodid Stonefly 1
PISIDIIDAE Pill Clam 1
ORTHOCLADIINAE Midge 1
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
HYDROPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
EUKIEFFERIELLA Non-Biting Midges 1
TIPULA Crane Fly 1
DICRANOTA Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
DIPHETOR Mayfly 1
SIMULIIDAE Black Fly 1
LEUCTRA  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 1
NAIDIDAE Aquatic Worm 1
BEZZIA Biting Midge 1
POLYPEDILUM Non-Biting Midges 1
ISOPERLA Stripetail Stonefly 1
ACERPENNA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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