MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-310-R-2000


Located on PINEY CR in the Upper Monocacy River watershed, 8-digit code: 02140303.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/28/2000 and again in the summer on 9/7/2000.

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 Poor - 1.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 11,531 acres Cows standing in a stream at a site with high agricultural land use. Cows survey the sampling procedure at this extreme example of a highly agriculturalized site.
Urban Land Use 2 %
Agricultural Land Use 81.3 %
Forested Land Use 15.8 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 8/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 12/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 70 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 7 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Shading 20 %
Embeddedness 45 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 21.8 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 9.2 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.63
Conductivity 650 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		812.8 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 6.5 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:
The following 24 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Bluntnose Minnow 2286
Central Stoneroller 758
Spottail Shiner 538
Silverjaw Minnow 526
Fantail Darter 515
Green Sunfish 398
Greenside Darter 272
White Sucker 212
Blacknose Dace 103
Golden Shiner 90
Tessellated Darter 90
Eastern Mosquitofish 69
Redbreast Sunfish 50
Banded Killifish 30
Largemouth Bass 29
Spotfin Shiner 28
Bluegill 21
Pumpkinseed 14
Creek Chub 12
Potomac Sculpin 9
Yellow Bullhead 6
Creek Chubsucker 4
Common Shiner 2
Margined Madtom 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
American Bullfrog

Crayfish:
Orconectes

Exotic Plants:
Canada Thistle
Mile-A-Minute
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Simulium Black Fly 61
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 9
Cricotopus Non-Biting Midges 8
Orthocladiinae A Non-Biting Midges 8
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 7
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 6
Stenelmis Beetle 5
Hydrobaenus Midge 5
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 3
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 2
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 2
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 2
Cura Flatworm 1
Chironomini Non-Biting Midge 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Crangonyx Amphipod 1
Cryptochironomus Non-Biting Midges 1
Baetidae Small Minnow Mayfly 1
Capniidae Small Winter Stonefly 1
Lumbriculidae Worm 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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