MBSS Site Summary for: HA-N-092-304-96


Located on WINTERS RUN in the Lower Winters Run watershed, 8-digit code: 02130702.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/27/1996 and again in the summer on 8/7/1996.

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 Poor - 2.7 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 30,989 acres Cows standing in a stream at a site with high agricultural land use. Cows survey the sampling procedure at this extreme example of a highly agriculturalized site.
Urban Land Use 7 %
Agricultural Land Use 53.4 %
Forested Land Use 39.1 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 17/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 17/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality 18/20 (Optimal)
Shading 40 %
Embeddedness 35 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 24.2 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.1 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.67
Conductivity 165 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		484.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.7 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 20 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
River Chub 295
American Eel 138
Margined Madtom 136
Common Shiner 107
Cutlip Minnow 91
Tessellated Darter 75
Northern Hogsucker 67
Longnose Dace 53
Fallfish 28
Blue Ridge Sculpin 24
Redbreast Sunfish 14
Satinfin Shiner 12
Creek Chub 6
White Sucker 6
Cyprinid Hybrid 4
Largemouth Bass 2
Pumpkinseed 2
Blacknose Dace 1
Bluntnose Minnow 1
Rosyside Dace 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Snapping Turtle
Northern Watersnake

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 23
Prosimulium Black Fly 10
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 4
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Isonychia Slate Drake Mayfly 2
Psephenus Water Penny 1
Serratella Mayfly 1
Stylogomphus Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Corydalus Dobsonfly 1
Argia Narrow-Winged Damselfly 1
Helichus Beetle 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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