MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2012

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 3/7/2012 and again in the summer on 6/27/2012.

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 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 31 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 58 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 10 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.67
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		50.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.7983 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
Northern Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Bush Honeysuckle
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Tree Of Heaven
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Epeorus Mayfly 31
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 17
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 13
Prosimulium Black Fly 7
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Pronggilled Mayfly 7
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 5
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 3
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 3
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 3
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 3
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 2
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 2
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 2
PERLODIDAE Perlodid Stonefly 2
LEUCTRIDAE Rolledwinged Stonefly 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 1
HEPTAGENIIDAE Flathead Mayfly 1
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 1
Maccaffertium March Brown And Cahill Mayfly 1
Limnophyes Non-Biting Midge 1
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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