MBSS Site Summary for: LIKG-107-R-2018

Site Photos

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Located on UT LANES RUN in the Licking Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140506.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/13/2018 and again in the summer on 6/18/2018.

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 - 3.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 424 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 2.6 %
Agricultural Land Use 12.3 %
Forested Land Use 85 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 8/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 41 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 48 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 30 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.73
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		1019 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.7619 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 138
Blue Ridge Sculpin 24
Rosyside Dace 22
Creek Chub 20
Fantail Darter 11
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Faxonius virilis

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
Multiflora Rose
Shrub Honeysuckle
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
AMPHINEMURA Spring Stonefly 27
PROSIMULIUM Black Fly 19
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 14
PARAMETRIOCNEMUS Non-Biting Midges 12
POLYPEDILUM Non-Biting Midges 7
TVETENIA Non-Biting Midges 6
PROSTOIA Spring Stonefly 6
DIPLECTRONA Net-Spinning Caddisfly 6
MICROPSECTRA Non-Biting Midges 5
CHIMARRA Fingernet Caddisfly 5
CORYNONEURA Non-Biting Midges 2
STEGOPTERNA Black Fly 2
DIAMESA Bloodworm 2
LANTHUS Clubtail Dragonfly 2
AMELETUS Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 2
EPHEMERELLA Sulphur Mayfly 2
ALLOCAPNIA Small Winter Stonefly 2
POLYCENTROPUS Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
ECTOPRIA Water Penny Beetle 1
OULIMNIUS Riffle Beetle 1
FERRISSIA Small Air-Breathing Freshwater Limpets 1
RHEOTANYTARSUS Non-Biting Midges 1
PSEUDOLIMNOPHILA Crane Fly 1
TIPULA Crane Fly 1
HETEROTRISSOCLADIUS European Non-Biting Midge 1
PARALEPTOPHLEBIA Blue Quill Mayfly 1
HYDROPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
RHYACOPHILA Free-Living Caddisfly 1
PTERONARCYS Giant Stonefly 1
PYCNOPSYCHE Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
STILOCLADIUS Midge 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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