MBSS Site Summary for: LIKG-103-R-2004


Located on LANES RUN in the Licking Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140506.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/29/2004 and again in the summer on 6/10/2004.

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 - 3.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,128 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 0 %
Forested Land Use 100 %


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 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 32 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 59 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 20 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.5 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.88
Conductivity 30 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		75.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.9 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 6 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 96
Rosyside Dace 64
Blue Ridge Sculpin 50
Fantail Darter 25
Creek Chub 10
Brown Trout 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Wood Frog

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 29
Epeorus Mayfly 18
Hexatoma Crane Fly 11
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 7
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 7
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 5
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 4
Pteronarcys Giant Stonefly 3
Tipula Crane Fly 3
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Baetidae Small Minnow Mayfly 2
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 2
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Molannodes 1
Elmidae Riffle Beetle 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Glossosoma Little Black Caddisfly 1
Anchytarsus Beetle 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Potthastia Non-Biting Midges 1
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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