MBSS Site Summary for: SAVA-101-D-2013

Site Photos

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Located on SAVAGE RIVER in the Savage River watershed, 8-digit code: 02141006.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/15/2013 and again in the summer on 6/17/2013.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 318 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 6.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 15.8 %
Forested Land Use 76.2 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 9/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 5/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 51 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 40 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 85 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.97
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		83.2 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.698 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 4 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 34
Blue Ridge Sculpin 32
Fantail Darter 16
Creek Chub 10
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Green Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Autumn Olive
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Neophylax Caddisfly 22
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 16
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Pronggilled Mayfly 13
Prosimulium Black Fly 8
Diphetor Mayfly 6
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 5
Anchytarsus Beetle 5
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 4
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 4
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 4
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 3
Hexatoma Crane Fly 3
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 3
Musculium Fingernail Clam 3
Tipula Crane Fly 2
ENCHYTRAEIDAE Aquatic Worm 2
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 2
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Leucrocuta Mayfly 2
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Trissopelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 1
Stenacron Mayfly 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Chironomini Non-Biting Midge 1
Probezzia Biting Midges 1
GOMPHIDAE Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Chrysops Deerfly 1
Isotomurus Elongate-Bodied Springtail 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Haploperla Green Stonefly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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