MBSS Site Summary for: MATT-201-X-2017

Site Photos

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Located on Marbury Run in the Mattawoman Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140111.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/9/2017.

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 - 4.7 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area No data available A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 16.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 15.2 %
Forested Land Use 63.8 %


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:
Procambarus clarkii

Exotic Plants:
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 25
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 10
STROPHOPTERYX Early Brown Stonefly 10
OPTIOSERVUS Riffle Beetle 10
ORTHOCLADIUS Non-Biting Midges 8
NEOPHYLAX Caddisfly 6
CHIMARRA Fingernet Caddisfly 5
PROSIMULIUM Black Fly 4
EURYLOPHELLA Mayfly 4
OULIMNIUS Riffle Beetle 4
AMPHINEMURA Spring Stonefly 3
HYDROBAENUS Midge 3
NIGRONIA Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 2
HYDROPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
SIMULIUM Black Fly 2
ACERPENNA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 2
PSEPHENUS Water Penny 1
RHEOCRICOTOPUS Non-Biting Midges 1
PROSTOIA Spring Stonefly 1
ISOPERLA Stripetail Stonefly 1
PHYSA Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail 1
ANCHYTARSUS Beetle 1
STENELMIS Beetle 1
HAPLOPERLA Green Stonefly 1
HEXATOMA Crane Fly 1
CHIRONOMINAE Non-Biting Midge 1
BRILLIA Non-Biting Midges 1
DIPLECTRONA Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
ENALLAGMA Narrow-Winged Damselfly 1
LYPE Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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