MBSS Site Summary for: YOUG-102-D-2014

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Located on YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER LAKE UT in the Youghiogheny River watershed, 8-digit code: 05020201.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/10/2014 and again in the summer on 6/30/2014.

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 Fair - 3.0 / 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 321 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 7.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 32.8 %
Forested Land Use 59.4 %


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 9/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 35 meters 		10/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 45 meters 		8/20 (Marginal)
Shading 75 %
Embeddedness 20 %


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:
The following 3 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Creek Chub 5
Blacknose Dace 1
Brown Trout 1
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:
Cambaridae
Cambarus carinirostris

Exotic Plants:
No Exotic Plants Observed
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 13
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 12
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 10
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 9
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 9
Epeorus Mayfly 8
Diphetor Mayfly 7
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 7
Neophylax Caddisfly 6
Diamesa Bloodworm 5
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 5
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 5
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 5
Brillia Non-Biting Midges 3
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 2
Hexatoma Crane Fly 2
Prosimulium Black Fly 2
Baetis Blue-Winged Olive Mayfly 1
Molophilus 1
Nemoura 1
Stempellina 1
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 1
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Eurylophella Mayfly 1
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 1
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 1
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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