MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-288-S-2016

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site UMON-288-S-2016-MidpointPDownstream (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site UMON-288-S-2016-MidpointPUpstream (Opens in a new window)

Located on High Run in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/9/2016 and again in the summer on 6/22/2016.

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 - 4.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 471 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 19/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 10/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 38 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 45 meters 		17/20 (Optimal)
Shading 90 %
Embeddedness 10 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.79
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		41.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.8016 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 Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
Shrub Honeysuckle
Wineberry
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Epeorus Mayfly 27
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 13
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 11
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 11
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 9
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 7
Prosimulium Black Fly 6
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 4
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 4
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 3
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 2
Bezzia Biting Midge 2
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 2
Tallaperla Roach-Like Stonefly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 2
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 1
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 1
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Leucrocuta Mayfly 1
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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