MBSS Site Summary for: LIKG-113-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 Poor - 1.0 / 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 385 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 7/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 19 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 65 meters 		13/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 90 %
Embeddedness 25 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17.2 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.5 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.3
Conductivity 18 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		26.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.6 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 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 2
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 18
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 10
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 7
Prosimulium Black Fly 6
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 6
Sweltsa Stonefly 6
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 6
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 6
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 4
Epeorus Mayfly 4
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 3
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 2
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Elmidae Riffle Beetle 2
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Stegopterna Black Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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