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Buffalo Creek E-28 Bridge (TMDL #11)

Fish Session #358

Sample Date
8/27/2001
Timeframe
10:00-12:00  
Reach Size
1140 ft
Method
Standard Wadeable
Sample Quality
Good
Last Update
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Fish Health

# DELTs
0
# Non-DELTs
0

Equipment

Backpack Shockers
3
Blocknets
1
Property Access Notice

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

FIBI Score
68
Warm Water
Good
Session Comments

I added one unidentified darter to the Iowa Darter total. Will get confirmation when we identify fish this winter. All macrohabs were entered as run/glide. Comment on field sheet: "Stream was largely homogenous with good velocity but not much coarse substrate - if it was rocky I would call it all a run, since it's not, I'd lean toward "glide" if I had to choose one. KBK

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
Smallmouth Bass
Latin: Micropterus dolomieu
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Top Carnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
42
Bigmouth Shiner
Latin: Notropis dorsalis
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
37
Sand Shiner
Latin: Notropis stramineus
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
24
Golden Redhorse
Latin: Moxostoma erythrurum
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: True
Is Hybrid: False
20
Bluegill
Latin: Lepomis macrochirus
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
20
Spotfin Shiner
Latin: Cyprinella spiloptera
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
19
Bluntnose Minnow
Latin: Pimephales notatus
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
18
Iowa Darter
Latin: Etheostoma exile
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
17
Banded Darter
Latin: Etheostoma zonale
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
13
Rock Bass
Latin: Ambloplites rupestris
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Top Carnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
12
Carmine Shiner
Latin: Notropis percobromus
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
10
Northern Hog Sucker
Latin: Hypentelium nigricans
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: True
Is Hybrid: False
10
Stonecat
Latin: Noturus flavus
Family: Ictaluridae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
10
Fantail Darter
Latin: Etheostoma flabellare
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
9
Green Sunfish
Latin: Lepomis cyanellus
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Generalist
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
8
Hornyhead Chub
Latin: Nocomis biguttatus
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
5
Northern Pike
Latin: Esox lucius
Family: Esocidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Top Carnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
4
Common Shiner
Latin: Luxilus cornutus
Family: Cyprinidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
4
Quillback Carpsucker
Latin: Carpiodes cyprinus
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
4
Yellow Bullhead
Latin: Ameiurus natalis
Family: Ictaluridae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
3
River Carpsucker
Latin: Carpiodes carpio
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1
White Sucker
Latin: Catostomus commersonii
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1
Black Bullhead
Latin: Ameiurus melas
Family: Ictaluridae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Generalist
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1
Orangespotted Sunfish
Latin: Lepomis humilis
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1
Johnny Darter
Latin: Etheostoma nigrum
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1

FIBI Calculation Factors

Factor Value
Drainage area (mi2) 230.9470
Log(DA) 2.3635
Total Fish 294
Fish per 500 ft 129
Total Species 25
# Excluded Taxa 0
# Exotic Species 0
# LMB-BG 1
Calculation Last Updated 11/12/2019 10:45:56 AM

Fish Index of Biotic Integrity

Metric Name Value Score
Native Species 24 6.86
Sucker Species 5 6.49
Sensitive Species 8 6.67
Benthic Invertivore Species 8 6.67
Top 3 Abundance Percentage 35.03 10
Benthic Invertivore Percentage 28.23 5.01
Omnivore Percentage 8.16 9.48
Top Carnivore Percentage 19.73 9.05
Lithophilous Spawner Percentage 10.2 3.6
Tolerance Index 4.17 9.25
Adjusted Catch per Unit Effort 20.18 2.02
DELT Percentage Adjustment 0 0

FIBI Score Explained

Sites that score between 51 - 70 are considered good. Fish (excluding tolerant species) are fairly abundant to very abundant. If high numbers are present, intermediately tolerant species or tolerant species are usually dominant. A moderately high number of fish species belonging to several families are present. The three most abundant fish species typically comprise two-thirds or less of the total number of fish. Several long-lived species and benthic invertivore species are present. One or more sensitive species are usually present. Top carnivore species are usually present in low numbers and often one or more life stages are missing. Species that require silt-free, rock substrate for spawning or feeding are present in low proportion to the total number of fish. Fish condition is good; typically less than 1% of the total number of fish exhibits external anomalies associated with disease or stress.

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:

Rolling Loess Prairies

This site is in the Rolling Loess Prairies ecoregion.

Ecoregion Map
Max 83
75th Percentile 57
Median 47
25th Percentile 36
Min 3
This Session's Score 68
Total Reference Site Samples 115
Mean 47.45
Standard Deviation 16