MBSS Site Summary for: HA-P-133-111-97


Located on DEER CR UT1 in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/12/1997 and again in the summer on 6/6/1997.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 554 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 %
Agricultural Land Use 50.1 %
Forested Land Use 49.5 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality 16/20 (Optimal)
Shading 40 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 14.8 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.8 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.52
Conductivity 196 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		925.5 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 5 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 250
Rosyside Dace 101
Creek Chub 49
American Eel 23
Tessellated Darter 18
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

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

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 26
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 19
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 16
Crangonyx Amphipod 9
Epeorus Mayfly 9
Antocha Crane Fly 5
Gammarus Amphipod 5
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 4
Sublettea 2
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Gomphidae Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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