MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2008

Site Photos

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Located on UT HUNTING CREEK in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/23/2008 and again in the summer on 7/15/2008.

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 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 991 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 6.6 %
Agricultural Land Use 11.8 %
Forested Land Use 76.4 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 18/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 33 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 54 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 85 %
Embeddedness 25 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.1 mg/L
pH (lab) 6.635
Conductivity 21 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		38.1 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.9727 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:
Gray Treefrog
Northern Green Frog
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Pickerel Frog
Red-Spotted Newt

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
Multiflora Rose
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 20
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 18
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 8
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 7
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 6
Epeorus Mayfly 6
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 5
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 4
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 4
Leucrocuta Mayfly 3
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 3
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 3
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 3
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Microtendipes Non-Biting Midges 2
Dolophilodes Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly 2
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Diphetor Mayfly 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 1
Bezzia Biting Midge 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 1
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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