MBSS Site Summary for: LMON-102-X-2006


Located on in the Lower Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140302.
Sampling date information is not available for this stream.

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 N R
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 102 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 44 %
Forested Land Use 56 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
No water quality measurements available for this site.

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:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambaridae

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 23
Thienemannimyia group Non-Biting Midges 17
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 11
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 10
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 9
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 7
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 6
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 5
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 3
Paratanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 2
Chironomidae Non-Biting Midge 2
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Rheosmittia Non-Biting Midges 2
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Stilocladius Midge 1
Elmidae Riffle Beetle 1
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 1
Bezzia Biting Midge 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Eccoptura Yellow Stone Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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