MBSS Site Summary for: UMON-322-R-2000

Site Photos

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Located on HUNTING 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 - 4.7 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.5 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 10,746 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 4.9 %
Agricultural Land Use 12.3 %
Forested Land Use 82.7 %


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 18/20 (Optimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 35 meters 		17/20 (Optimal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 55 meters 		18/20 (Optimal)
Shading 80 %
Embeddedness 10 %
Several measures of instream habitat were considered 'Optimal' at this location.


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 17.1 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.6 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.61
Conductivity 150 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		483.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 2.5 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 18 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blue Ridge Sculpin 353
Potomac Sculpin 84
Blacknose Dace 59
Pumpkinseed 47
Greenside Darter 39
Longnose Dace 29
Bluegill 25
Spotfin Shiner 22
White Sucker 15
Redbreast Sunfish 14
Fallfish 9
Bluntnose Minnow 4
Smallmouth Bass 4
Green Sunfish 2
Fantail Darter 1
Longear Sunfish 1
Rock Bass 1
Sunfish (Hybrid) 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Canada Thistle
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 21
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 12
Rheocricotopus Non-Biting Midges 11
Eurylophella Mayfly 9
Cricotopus/Orthocladius Midge 9
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
Prosimulium Black Fly 5
Lumbriculidae Worm 5
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 4
Diamesa Bloodworm 4
Chaetocladius Non-Biting Midges 4
Orthocladiinae Midge 3
Naididae Aquatic Worm 3
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 3
Sympotthastia Non-Biting Midges 3
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 2
Simulium Black Fly 2
Stenonema Flatheaded Mayfly 2
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 2
Polypedilum Non-Biting Midges 2
Corynoneura Non-Biting Midges 1
Diamesinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Caecidotea Isopod 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Tubificidae Aquatic Worm 1
Rheosmittia Non-Biting Midges 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Macronychus Riffle Beetle 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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