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Little Mosquito Creek IA 02-CED-487

mouth (S19 T78N R2W Muscatine Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in S26 T78N R2W Muscatine Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0159_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in Muscatine County.

Basis for Assessment

Used results of stream use assessment to assess support of B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) habitat score (25) better than overall average habitat score (22) for all stream use assessmets & (2) fish score (11) better than 75th percentile for fish collections made with seines.   Threats to support of uses include pasturing of riparian area and, to a lesser degree, NPS runoff from agricultural areas.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
8/1/1991 DNR Stream Use Assessment
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A