MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2013

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 3/5/2013 and again in the summer on 6/27/2013.

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 16/20 (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 = 57 meters 		15/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 5 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.72
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		43.6 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.61 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 Green Frog
Pickerel Frog

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Hops
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Norway Maple
Shrub Honeysuckle
Vinca Vine
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Epeorus Mayfly 22
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 16
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 15
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 11
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 10
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 4
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 4
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 4
BAETIDAE Small Minnow Mayfly 3
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Pronggilled Mayfly 3
Prosimulium Black Fly 3
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 3
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Neophylax Caddisfly 2
Antocha Crane Fly 2
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 2
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Polycentropus Tube Maker Caddisfly 1
PERLODIDAE Perlodid Stonefly 1
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 1
Tallaperla Roach-Like Stonefly 1
Hexatoma Crane Fly 1
EMPIDIDAE Dance Fly 1
PERLIDAE Common Stonefly 1
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 1
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Paraphaenocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
CHLOROPERLIDAE Green Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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