MBSS Site Summary for: YOUG-107-R-2015


Located on YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER UT in the Youghiogheny River watershed, 8-digit code: 05020201.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/18/2015 and again in the summer on 6/24/2015.

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.
Fish IBI Fair - 3.0 / 5.0
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 164 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 7.6 %
Agricultural Land Use 15.2 %
Forested Land Use 74.6 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Epifaunal Substrate 15/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 8/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 27 meters 		9/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 48 meters 		12/20 (Suboptimal)
Shading 50 %
Embeddedness 35 %


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.03
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		97.9 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.5544 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 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
Blacknose Dace 38
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Red Salamander

Crayfish:
Cambarus carinirostris

Exotic Plants:
Garlic Mustard
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 18
Gammarus Amphipod 17
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 13
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 12
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 9
Ectopria Water Penny Beetle 5
Neophylax Caddisfly 5
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 5
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 4
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 4
Stempellinella Non-Biting Midges 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 3
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 3
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Parachaetocladius Non-Biting Midge 2
Epeorus Mayfly 2
Soyedina 2
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Prosimulium Black Fly 1
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 1
Perlidae Common Stonefly 1
Tipulidae Cranefly 1
Chrysops Deerfly 1
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 1
Stilocladius Midge 1
Lype Net Tube Caddisfly 1
Nanocladius Non-Biting Midges 1
Zavrelimyia Non-Biting Midges 1
Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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