MBSS Site Summary for: TOWN-106-R-2008

Site Photos

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Located on UT TOWN CREEK in the Town Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140512.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/1/2008 and again in the summer on 6/17/2008.

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 Poor - 1.0 / 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 177 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 4.3 %
Agricultural Land Use 0 %
Forested Land Use 94.5 %


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 8/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 45 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 41 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Shading 90 %
Embeddedness 0 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 15.4 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.9 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.04
Conductivity 70 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		180.5 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.491 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 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
No Fish Observed 0
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Stiltgrass
Tree Of Heaven
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 15
Ostrocerca Stonefly 15
Sweltsa Stonefly 12
Stegopterna Black Fly 11
Epeorus Mayfly 8
Prosimulium Black Fly 7
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 5
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 4
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 4
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 3
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 2
Isotomidae Springtail 2
Homoplectra 2
Platysmittia 2
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 2
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 1
Chaetocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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