MBSS Site Summary for: TUCK-318-R-2017

Site Photos

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Located on Tuckahoe River in the Tuckahoe Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02130405.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/12/2017.

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 N R
Benthic IBI Good - 4.7 / 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 5.1 %
Agricultural Land Use 64.9 %
Forested Land Use 28.7 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.21
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		339.9 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 7.172 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
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Eastern Mud Turtle
Northern Black Racer
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:

Exotic Plants:
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
GAMMARUS Amphipod 24
PLAUDITUS Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 14
CAECIDOTEA Isopod 8
PARAKIEFFERIELLA European Non-Biting Midge 6
BAETIDAE Small Minnow Mayfly 5
CHEUMATOPSYCHE Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
EURYLOPHELLA Mayfly 4
RHEOTANYTARSUS Non-Biting Midges 4
ACENTRELLA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 4
ORTHOCLADIUS Non-Biting Midges 3
TRIAENODES Long-Horned Caddisfly 3
LEPTOCERIDAE Longhorned Casemaker Caddisfly 3
ISOPERLA Stripetail Stonefly 3
MACCAFFERTIUM March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 2
SYNURELLA Amphipod 2
CORBICULA Basket Clam 2
CALOPTERYX Damselfly 2
PROCLADIUS Non-Biting Midge 2
DICROTENDIPES Non-Biting Midges 2
TANYTARSUS Non-Biting Midges 2
ACERPENNA Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 2
LUMBRICULIDAE Worm 2
TANYTARSINI Non-Biting Midges 1
ANCYRONYX Spider Riffle Beetle 1
TVETENIA Non-Biting Midges 1
HYDROBIIDAE Pebble Snail 1
DYTISCIDAE Predaceous Diving Beetle 1
MACRONYCHUS Riffle Beetle 1
CERACLEA Scaly-Winged Sedge Caddisfly 1
POLYPEDILUM Non-Biting Midges 1
RHEOCRICOTOPUS Non-Biting Midges 1
CRICOTOPUS Non-Biting Midges 1
ABLABESMYIA Non-Biting Midge 1
COENAGRIONIDAE Narrowwinged Damselfly 1
NECTOPSYCHE 1
PHYSA Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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