MBSS Site Summary for: LIKG-116-R-2004
Located on RABBLE 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 6/3/2004.
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
|
Poor - 2.0 / 5.0
|
Land Use
Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
(Hint: Screen readers will announce definitions; mouse users can hover over dotted text.)
|
|
Catchment area
|
626 acres
|
An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
|
|
Urban Land Use
|
3 %
|
|
Agricultural Land Use
|
1 %
|
|
Forested Land Use
|
82 %
|
Stream Water Quality:
|
| Water temperature |
13 ° C
|
| Dissolved oxygen (DO) |
8.9 mg/L
|
| pH (lab) |
4.6 |
| Conductivity |
42 µmho/cm
|
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity)
|
-25.2 µeq/L |
| Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) |
1.2 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.
|
 |
The following 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
|
| Common name |
Count |
|
No Fish Observed
|
0 |
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.
|
| Eastern American Toad |
| Eastern Box Turtle |
| Northern Green Frog |
| Northern Watersnake |
|
|
|
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
|
| Genus/Family |
Common Name |
Count |
| Amphinemura |
Spring Stonefly
|
47 |
| Prosimulium |
Black Fly
|
14 |
| Leuctra |
Rolled-Winged Stonefly
|
13 |
| Ostrocerca |
Stonefly
|
11 |
| Thienemanniella |
Non-Biting Midges
|
10 |
| Thienemannimyia group |
Non-Biting Midges
|
4 |
| Parachaetocladius |
Non-Biting Midge
|
4 |
| Diplectrona |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
|
3 |
| Hexatoma |
Crane Fly
|
2 |
| Tipula |
Crane Fly
|
1 |
| Rhyacophila |
Free-Living Caddisfly
|
1 |
| Nigronia |
Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly)
|
1 |
| Stegopterna |
Black Fly
|
1 |
| Unniella |
Non-Biting Midge
|
1 |
| Polycentropodidae |
Trupetnet And Tubemaking Caddisfly
|
1 |
Sampling with a kick net.
|
|
Information disclaimer: The information and data on this page is for guidance and general planning purposes only. It should not be used to make decisions on specific matters.
