MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2010

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 3/17/2010 and again in the summer on 6/8/2010.

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 833 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 0 %
Forested Land Use 100 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 19/20 (Optimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 17 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 59 meters 		16/20 (Optimal)
Shading 70 %
Embeddedness 15 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.495
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		29.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.8054 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:
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
Marbled Salamander
Northern Green Frog
Northern Ring-Necked Snake
Northern Slimy Salamander
Northern Spring Peeper
Pickerel Frog
Red-Spotted Newt
Spotted Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 18
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 10
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 9
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 7
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 6
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 5
Prosimulium Black Fly 5
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 4
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 3
Tallaperla Roach-Like Stonefly 3
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 3
Diamesa Bloodworm 3
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 3
Epeorus Mayfly 3
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 3
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 2
Perlidae Common Stonefly 2
Parakiefferiella European Non-Biting Midge 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Pteronarcys Giant Stonefly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Orthocladiinae Midge 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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