MBSS Site Summary for: MANO-113-R-2003

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site MANO-113-R-2003-0850 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site MANO-113-R-2003-0851 (Opens in a new window)

Located on LORETTO BR UT1 in the Manokin River watershed, 8-digit code: 02130208.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/12/2003 and again in the summer on 7/10/2003.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.1 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 650 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 1 %
Agricultural Land Use 23 %
Forested Land Use 71 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 13/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 5/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 75 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 0 meters 		0/20 (Poor)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 100 %
The embeddedness, a measure of silt on the stream bottom, was 100%. This is very high, and may adversely affect biotic communities.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 23.7 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 1.6 mg/L
Dissolved oxygen levels measured in the stream were very low (1.6 mg/L). Many fishes and other aquatic animals cannot tolerate low levels of oxygen in the water.
pH (lab) 5.05
Conductivity 108 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		24.2 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 15.1 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 8 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Eastern Mudminnow 49
Pirate Perch 29
Golden Shiner 15
Creek Chubsucker 11
Redfin Pickerel 7
Brown Bullhead 5
Pumpkinseed 5
American Eel 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Green Frog
Southern Leopard Frog

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Honeysuckle
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Orthocladius Non-Biting Midges 48
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 20
Hydrobaenus Midge 10
Caecidotea Isopod 6
Crangonyx Amphipod 3
Prosimulium Black Fly 2
Platycentropus 2
Procladius Non-Biting Midge 2
Pisidiidae Pill Clam 2
Lumbriculidae Worm 1
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselfly 1
Enallagma Narrow-Winged Damselfly 1
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Gomphidae Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Peltodytes Crawling Water Beetle 1
Tabanidae Horse Fly 1
Synurella Amphipod 1
Enchytraeidae Aquatic Worm 1
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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