MBSS Site Summary for: HA-P-068-114-97


Located on BIG BR in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/6/1997 and again in the summer on 6/19/1997.

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 Fair - 3.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.7 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,116 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 0.3 %
Agricultural Land Use 78.7 %
Forested Land Use 20.7 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 16/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		18/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 90 %
Embeddedness 15 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 20 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.8 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.94
Conductivity 125 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		258.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1 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 8 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 162
Brown Trout 33
White Sucker 30
Rosyside Dace 28
Tessellated Darter 21
American Eel 13
Creek Chub 13
Longnose Dace 5
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:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 39
Epeorus Mayfly 25
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 24
Prosimulium Black Fly 8
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 8
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 3
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Peltoperlidae Roachlike Stonefly 1
Acerpenna Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Antocha Crane Fly 1
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 1
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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