MBSS Site Summary for: SAVA-101-D-2014

Site Photos

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Located on SAVAGE RIVER UT in the Savage River watershed, 8-digit code: 02141006.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/9/2014 and again in the summer on 7/1/2014.

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 Fair - 3.0 / 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 5/20 (Poor)
Epifaunal Substrate 6/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 4/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 10 meters 		4/20 (Poor)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 65 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 70 %
Embeddedness 50 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Poor' at this location.


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 4 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 7
Blue Ridge Sculpin 7
Creek Chub 3
Fantail Darter 3
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Northern Spring Peeper

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
No Exotic Plants Observed
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Neophylax Caddisfly 22
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 12
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 11
Diphetor Mayfly 10
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 9
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 8
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 7
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 6
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 5
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 4
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 3
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 3
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Isotomidae Springtail 2
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 2
Acerpenna Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 1
Sialis Alderfly 1
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Antocha Crane Fly 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Leucrocuta Mayfly 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Trissopelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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