MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-131-R-2000

Site Photos

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Located on CREAGERS BR in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/28/2000 and again in the summer on 6/28/2000.

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 - 1.3 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 1.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 342 acres 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 2.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 90.4 %
Forested Land Use 6.6 %


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 10/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 5/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 75 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 5 meters 		4/20 (Poor)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 45 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 21.5 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 6.9 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.45
Conductivity 450 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		1218 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 8.3 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
Bluegill 7
Bluntnose Minnow 4
Green Sunfish 4
White Sucker 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 26
Stegopterna Black Fly 24
Physa Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail 13
Cura Flatworm 9
Orthocladiinae A Non-Biting Midges 9
Enchytraeidae Aquatic Worm 5
Krenopelopia Non-Biting Midge 4
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 3
Prosimulium Black Fly 3
Agabus Predatory Aquatic Beetle 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 2
Chaetocladius Non-Biting Midges 2
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 2
Cnephia Black Fly 1
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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