MBSS Site Summary for: PRUN-202-X-2014

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site PRUN-202-X-2014-MidpointDownstream (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site PRUN-202-X-2014-MidpointUpstream (Opens in a new window)

Located on WOLFDEN RUN in the Potomac River U N Branch watershed, 8-digit code: 02141005.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/14/2014 and again in the summer on 6/16/2014.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.3 / 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 No data available
Agricultural Land Use No data available
Forested Land Use No data available


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 16/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 28 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 53 meters 		14/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 80 %
Embeddedness 5 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 5.24
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		2.53 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.2897 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:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambaridae
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
Garlic Mustard
Multiflora Rose
Shrub Honeysuckle
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 23
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 20
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 15
Sweltsa Stonefly 10
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 8
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 7
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 3
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 2
Tipula Crane Fly 2
Philopotamidae Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 1
Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisfly 1
Pteronarcys Giant Stonefly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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