MBSS Site Summary for: LOCH-403-X-2017


Located on Gunpowder Falls in the Loch Raven Reservoir watershed, 8-digit code: 02130805.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/24/2017.

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 Good - 4.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area No data available Cows standing in a stream at a site with high agricultural land use. Cows survey the sampling procedure at this extreme example of a highly agriculturalized site.
Urban Land Use 9.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 44.5 %
Forested Land Use 40.2 %


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:
The following 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:

Exotic Plants:
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
EPHEMERELLA Sulphur Mayfly 71
LEUCTRIDAE Rolledwinged Stonefly 11
OULIMNIUS Riffle Beetle 6
HYDROPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
LEUCTRA  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 4
HYDROBIIDAE Pebble Snail 4
AMPHINEMURA Spring Stonefly 3
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 3
DOLOPHILODES Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 2
CHLOROPERLIDAE Green Stonefly 2
ELMIDAE Riffle Beetle 1
OPTIOSERVUS Riffle Beetle 1
ALLOPERLA Stonefly 1
ACENTRELLA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
EUKIEFFERIELLA Non-Biting Midges 1
POLYPEDILUM Non-Biting Midges 1
PROSTOMA Freshwater Nemertean (Ribbon Worm) 1
GOERA 1
NILOTANYPUS 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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