MBSS Site Summary for: LIBE-101-X-2006


Located on in the Liberty Reservoir watershed, 8-digit code: 02130907.
Sampling date information is not available for this stream.

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 N R
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 132 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 17 %
Agricultural Land Use 47 %
Forested Land Use 36 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
No water quality measurements available for this site.

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:
Northern Spring Peeper
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 46
Thienemannimyia group Non-Biting Midges 13
Anchytarsus Beetle 13
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 9
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 4
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 3
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 3
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 3
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 2
Bezzia Biting Midge 2
Natarsia Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Limnephilidae Northern Casemaker Caddisfly 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Psilotreta Mortarjoint Casemaker Caddisfly 1
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Apsectrotanypus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Scirtidae Marsh Beetle 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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