MBSS Site Summary for: YOUG-105-X-2015
Located on YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER LAKE UT in the Youghiogheny River watershed,
8-digit code: 05020201.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/2/2015 and again in the summer on 7/13/2015.
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.
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Fish IBI
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Poor - 1.0 / 5.0
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Benthic IBI
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Good - 4.5 / 5.0
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Land Use
Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area
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119 acres
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An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
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Urban Land Use
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18.3 %
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Agricultural Land Use
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8.5 %
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Forested Land Use
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73.3 %
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Stream Water Quality:
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| pH (lab) |
6.61 |
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity)
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57.1 µeq/L |
| Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) |
0.6596 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.
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| Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed. |
| No amphibians and reptiles noted. |
| Cambarus |
| Cambarus carinirostris |
| Daylily |
| Garlic Mustard |
| Japanese Barberry |
| Multiflora Rose |
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Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Genus/Family |
Common Name |
Count |
| Epeorus |
Mayfly
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27 |
| Amphinemura |
Spring Stonefly
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20 |
| Diplectrona |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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14 |
| Micropsectra |
Non-Biting Midges
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8 |
| Ephemerella |
Sulphur Mayfly
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6 |
| Leuctra |
Rolled-Winged Stonefly
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5 |
| Chloroperlidae |
Green Stonefly
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3 |
| Eurylophella |
Mayfly
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3 |
| Rhyacophila |
Free-Living Caddisfly
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2 |
| Parametriocnemus |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Hydropsyche |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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2 |
| Dicranota |
Hairy-Eyed Cranefly
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2 |
| Lepidostoma |
Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly
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2 |
| Peltoperla |
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2 |
| Polycentropodidae |
Trupetnet And Tubemaking Caddisfly
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1 |
| Isoperla |
Stripetail Stonefly
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1 |
| Maccaffertium |
March Brown And Cahill Mayfly
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1 |
| Perlidae |
Common Stonefly
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1 |
| Hexatoma |
Crane Fly
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1 |
| Empididae |
Dance Fly
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1 |
| Heleniella |
European Non-Biting Midge
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1 |
| Cladotanytarsus |
Non-Biting Midge
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1 |
| Peltoperlidae |
Roachlike Stonefly
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1 |
| Pteronarcys |
Giant Stonefly
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1 |
| Dolophilodes |
Medium Evening Sedge Caddisfly
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1 |
Sampling with a kick net.
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Information disclaimer: The information and data on this page is for guidance and general planning purposes only. It should not be used to make decisions on specific matters.
