MBSS Site Summary for: WILL-193-A-2012

Site Photos

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Located on JENNINGS RUN UT in the Wills Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02141003.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/22/2012.

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 N R
Benthic IBI Good - 4.3 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 2,084 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 1.9 %
Agricultural Land Use 7.7 %
Forested Land Use 89 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
No water quality measurements available for this site.

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:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Epeorus Mayfly 33
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 21
Cinygmula Dark Red Quill Mayfly 14
Neophylax Caddisfly 7
Prosimulium Black Fly 5
Drunella Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 4
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 4
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Pronggilled Mayfly 3
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 3
Diphetor Mayfly 3
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 3
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 2
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 2
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Nigronia Megaloptera (Dark Fishfly) 1
Cheumatopsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Yugus 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Pteronarcys Giant Stonefly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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