MBSS Site Summary for: LWIN-108-X-2013

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Located on LOWER WINTERS RUN UT in the Lower Winters Run watershed, 8-digit code: 02130702.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/20/2013 and again in the summer on 7/8/2013.

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 Good - 4.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.7 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 412 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 50.5 %
Agricultural Land Use 26.1 %
Forested Land Use 23.4 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 47 meters 		11/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 41 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Shading 80 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.57
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		911.8 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.3457 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 12 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 148
Blacknose Dace 101
Creek Chub 72
Rosyside Dace 40
Redbreast Sunfish 25
Margined Madtom 15
Longnose Dace 8
White Sucker 5
American Eel 4
Tessellated Darter 3
Bluntnose Minnow 2
River Chub 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Box Turtle
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii
Orconectes limosus

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Barberry
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 28
Hydrobaenus Midge 13
Chimarra Fingernet Caddisfly 10
NAIDIDAE Aquatic Worm 9
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 7
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 6
Diamesa Bloodworm 4
Tipula Crane Fly 4
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 3
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 3
Eurylophella Mayfly 2
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Ablabesmyia Non-Biting Midge 1
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Neureclipsis 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Stylogomphus Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Sympotthastia Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
LUMBRICULIDAE Worm 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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