MBSS Site Summary for: JONE-315-S-2008

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Located on NORTH BRANCH OF JONES FALLS in the Jones Falls watershed, 8-digit code: 02130904.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/12/2008 and again in the summer on 6/16/2008.

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 Fair - 3.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 3,805 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 4.5 %
Agricultural Land Use 39.5 %
Forested Land Use 54.4 %


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 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 50 meters 		17/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 31 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 80 %
Embeddedness 25 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 18.5 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.7 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.89
Conductivity 283 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		1424.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.9654 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 10 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 87
Brown Trout 55
Longnose Dace 36
Bluegill 34
Creek Chub 29
Green Sunfish 26
Tessellated Darter 19
White Sucker 14
Largemouth Bass 2
Cutlip Minnow 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog
Long-Tailed Salamander
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Northern Watersnake

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii
Orconectes virilis

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
Privet
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Chimarra Fingernet Caddisfly 29
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 19
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 9
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 7
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 7
Prosimulium Black Fly 4
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 3
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 3
Sympotthastia Non-Biting Midges 3
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 3
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 2
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 2
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Empididae Dance Fly 2
Dugesiidae Flatworm 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 1
Naididae Aquatic Worm 1
Diamesa Bloodworm 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 1
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 1
Phaenopsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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