MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2000

Site Photos

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Located on HIGH RUN in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/5/2000 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 Good - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Good - 4.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,361 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 6.7 %
Agricultural Land Use 11.7 %
Forested Land Use 81.6 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 17/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 14/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 40 meters 		17/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 40 meters 		17/20 (Optimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 20 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 16.8 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.9 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.52
Conductivity 20 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		38.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.6 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:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 45
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 14
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 9
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 8
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 8
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 5
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 5
Epeorus Mayfly 4
Leucrocuta Mayfly 3
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 3
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 3
Branchiobdellida Aquatic Worm 2
Naididae Aquatic Worm 1
Stegopterna Black Fly 1
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Acentrella Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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