MBSS Site Summary for: YOUG-217-R-2015
Located on CHERRY CREEK 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 7/28/2015.
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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Good - 4.0 / 5.0
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Benthic IBI
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Good - 4.3 / 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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1,974 acres
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An example of a forested stream.
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Urban Land Use
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2.5 %
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Agricultural Land Use
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23.3 %
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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) |
6.91 |
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity)
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137.9 µeq/L |
| Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) |
0.7634 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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The following 2 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Common name |
Count |
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Blacknose Dace
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62 |
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Creek Chub
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2 |
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.
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| No amphibians and reptiles noted. |
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Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
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| Genus/Family |
Common Name |
Count |
| Ephemerella |
Sulphur Mayfly
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39 |
| Cheumatopsyche |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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12 |
| Limnephilidae |
Northern Casemaker Caddisfly
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6 |
| Micropsectra |
Non-Biting Midges
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5 |
| Dicranota |
Hairy-Eyed Cranefly
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5 |
| Prosimulium |
Black Fly
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4 |
| Optioservus |
Riffle Beetle
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4 |
| Eurylophella |
Mayfly
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3 |
| Serratella |
Mayfly
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3 |
| Parametriocnemus |
Non-Biting Midges
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3 |
| Paraphaenocladius |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Thienemannimyia Group |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Tvetenia |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Microtendipes |
Non-Biting Midges
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2 |
| Dubiraphia |
Riffle Beetle
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2 |
| Neophylax |
Caddisfly
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2 |
| Chrysops |
Deerfly
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2 |
| Stempellina |
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2 |
| Pycnopsyche |
Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly
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2 |
| Clioperla |
Green-Winged Stonefly
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2 |
| Diphetor |
Mayfly
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2 |
| Ephemera |
Mayfly
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1 |
| Lepidostoma |
Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly
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1 |
| Maccaffertium |
March Brown And Cahill Mayfly
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1 |
| Hydropsyche |
Net-Spinning Caddisfly
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1 |
| Cladotanytarsus |
Non-Biting Midge
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1 |
| Brillia |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Eukiefferiella |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Leuctra |
Rolled-Winged Stonefly
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1 |
| Physa |
Air-Breathing Freshwater Snail
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1 |
| Rhyacophila |
Free-Living Caddisfly
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1 |
| Platycentropus |
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1 |
| Leptophlebiidae |
Pronggilled Mayfly
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1 |
| Isoperla |
Stripetail Stonefly
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1 |
| Acerpenna |
Tiny Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies
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1 |
| Orthocladius |
Non-Biting Midges
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1 |
| Lype |
Net Tube Caddisfly
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1 |
| Hydatophylax |
Northern Caddisfly
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1 |
Sampling with a kick net.
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