MBSS Site Summary for: LIKG-115-R-2004


Located on INDIAN SPRINGS RUN in the Licking Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140506.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/23/2004 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 Good - 4.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 313 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 3 %
Agricultural Land Use 22 %
Forested Land Use 73 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 6/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 8/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 6/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 24 meters 		4/20 (Poor)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 62 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Shading 92 %
Embeddedness 42 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 16.6 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.5 mg/L
pH (lab) 7
Conductivity 31 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		124.1 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 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:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 24
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 18
Perlidae Common Stonefly 8
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 5
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 5
Lumbriculidae Worm 4
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 4
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 4
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 3
Neophylax Caddisfly 3
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 3
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 3
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 2
Potthastia Non-Biting Midges 2
Gomphidae Clubtail Dragonfly 2
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 2
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 2
Cladotanytarsus Non-Biting Midge 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Stenacron Mayfly 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Eccoptura Yellow Stone Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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