Iowa DNR
BioNet
River & Stream Biological Monitoring
Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Surveys
Physical Habitat Assessments

Nelson Ditch Mondamin

Fish Session #2479

Sample Date
7/30/2024
Timeframe
1050-1105  
Reach Size
250 ft
Method
Standard Wadeable
Sample Quality
Fair
Last Update
2/21/2025 12:50:37 PM

Fish Health

# DELTs
0
# Non-DELTs
0

Equipment

Backpack Shockers
1
Blocknets
0
Property Access Notice

This site is on privately-owned land. The DNR obtains permission from the landowner(s) prior to conducting any sampling surveys.

Fish Project Tags
  • UAA Fish Sampling
FIBI Score
1
Warm Water
Poor
Session Comments

Abundant vegetation made electrofishing difficult and made the stream impassible both upstream and downstream of our reach.

Collected Fish

Identity verification status for this species
Size Class: Typically only collected for sportfish
Taxa excluded from species count metrics.
Click on species name for more information about that species
Species Catch
Common Carp
Latin: Cyprinus carpio
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: True
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
6
Sand Shiner
Latin: Miniellus stramineus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
6

FIBI Calculation Factors

Factor Value
Drainage area (mi2) 9.3000
Log(DA) 0.9685
Total Fish 12
Fish per 500 ft 24
Total Species 2
# Excluded Taxa 0
# Exotic Species 1
# LMB-BG 0
Calculation Last Updated 10/28/2025 9:39:53 AM

Fish Index of Biotic Integrity

Metric Name Value Score
Native Species 1 0.88
Sucker Species 0 0
Sensitive Species 0 0
Benthic Invertivore Species 0 0
Top 3 Abundance Percentage 100 0
Benthic Invertivore Percentage 0 0
Omnivore Percentage 50 0
Top Carnivore Percentage 0 0
Lithophilous Spawner Percentage 0 0
Tolerance Index 7.5 0
Adjusted Catch per Unit Effort 2.4 0.24
DELT Percentage Adjustment 0 0

FIBI Score Explained

Sites that score between 0 - 25 are considered poor. Fish abundance is usually lower than normal or, if fish are abundant, the collection is dominated by a few tolerant species. The number of native fish species present is low. Sensitive species and habitat specialists are absent or extremely rare. The population is dominated by just a few ubiquitous species that are tolerant of wide-ranging water quality and habitat conditions. Pioneering, introduced and/or short-lived fish species are typically the most abundant types of fish. Fish collected at poor sites often have a higher than normal occurrence of external physical anomalies.

This location has been classified as a survey site. Survey sites are compared to reference sites within the same ecoregion. A reference site represents natural stream qualities that are least disturbed by human activities within the watershed. Reference sites are grouped by ecoregion to establish a benchmark against which these survey streams are compared.

EcoRegion Comparison

Scores for a sampling session are compared against reference sites within the same ecoregion:

There are not enough sampling sessions collected at reference sites in this ecoregion to generate a meaningful comparison.