MBSS Site Summary for: LWIN-108-X-2014

Site Photos

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Located on WINTERS RUN UT in the Lower Winters Run watershed, 8-digit code: 02130702.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/10/2014 and again in the summer on 6/9/2014.

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 - 4.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.7 / 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 73 %
Agricultural Land Use 2.6 %
Forested Land Use 23.9 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 14 meters 		11/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 63 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 20 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 8.79
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		997.9 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.2914 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 10 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 88
Blacknose Dace 34
Creek Chub 31
Rosyside Dace 12
American Eel 7
Margined Madtom 7
Redbreast Sunfish 6
Longnose Dace 4
Bluntnose Minnow 3
White Sucker 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern American Toad

Crayfish:
Cambarus diogenes
Orconectes virilis

Exotic Plants:
Daylily
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Oriental Bittersweet
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 33
Chimarra Fingernet Caddisfly 10
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 10
Sympotthastia Non-Biting Midges 10
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 8
Diamesa Bloodworm 6
Orthocladiinae Midge 5
Hydrobaenus Midge 4
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 4
Rheotanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 4
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 3
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 3
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 2
Phaenopsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Synorthocladius 2
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 1
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Chironominae Non-Biting Midge 1
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Thienemannimyia Group Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Limnephilidae Northern Casemaker Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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