MBSS Site Summary for: SIDE-410-R-2001

Site Photos

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Located on SIDELING HILL CR in the Sideling Hill Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140510.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/27/2001 and again in the summer on 7/30/2001.

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 - 4.0 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 60,640 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 6 %
Agricultural Land Use 19 %
Forested Land Use 76 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 19/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 16/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 75 meters 		19/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 0 meters 		0/20 (Poor)
Shading 15 %
Embeddedness 20 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 19.4 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.7 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.7
Conductivity 300 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		163.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.4 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 18 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Spotfin Shiner 134
Bluntnose Minnow 132
Redbreast Sunfish 71
Rock Bass 47
Greenside Darter 39
Smallmouth Bass 24
River Chub 23
Central Stoneroller 19
Green Sunfish 19
Common Shiner 16
Rainbow Darter 15
Fantail Darter 10
Longear Sunfish 8
Potomac Sculpin 7
American Eel 6
Margined Madtom 6
Rosyface Shiner 2
Yellow Bullhead 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Box Turtle

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 15
Ephemerellidae Spiny Crawler Mayfly 11
Leucrocuta Mayfly 8
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 7
Eurylophella Mayfly 6
Heptageniidae Flathead Mayfly 5
Simulium Black Fly 5
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 4
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 4
Stenacron Mayfly 4
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 4
Caenis Mayfly 3
Oemopteryx Stonefly 3
Acerpenna Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 2
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 2
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 2
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 2
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 1
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 1
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Brachycentridae Humpless Case Maker Caddisfly 1
Pteronarcys Giant Stonefly 1
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 1
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Pisidiidae Pill Clam 1
Optioservus Riffle Beetle 1
Glossosomatidae Saddlecase Maker Caddisfly 1
Isonychia Slate Drake Mayfly 1
Hemerodromia Tiny Fly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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