MBSS Site Summary for: GA-A-450-113-97


Located on CASSELMAN R UT1 in the Casselman River watershed, 8-digit code: 05020204.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/3/1997 and again in the summer on 8/14/1997.

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 Fair - 3.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 610 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 10.4 %
Forested Land Use 88.2 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 10/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality 6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 98 %
Embeddedness 20 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 16.6 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.8 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.49
Conductivity 215 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		284 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.3 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:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Northern Slimy Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Epeorus Mayfly 39
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 9
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 9
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 4
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 3
Perlidae Common Stonefly 2
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 2
Sweltsa Stonefly 2
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Hexatoma Crane Fly 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 1
Malirekus 1
Peltoperla 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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