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

Bear Creek Dorchester - Tahigwa Dr- Upstream

Fish Session #480

Sample Date
8/29/2017
Timeframe
Reach Size
1940 ft
Method
Game Fish/Non-game Presence Only Survey
Sample Quality
Good
Last Update
4/18/2018 2:07:00 PM

Fish Health

# DELTs
0
# Non-DELTs
0

Equipment

Backpack Shockers
0
Blocknets
0
Barge Shocker
True
This sampling session was collected as part of the FishNet program.
Notice: This sampling session has not been through a Quality Assurance check and may contain errors. This notice will be removed once the QA has been completed.
Property Access Notice

This site is on public land, such as a county park, state park, or state-managed wildlife area.

FIBI Score

N/A

Session Comments

Conductivity=588, water temperature=58.1, start UTM 615844/4810203, end 615919/4810692, Manchester and Decorah Fish Mngt crews plus wildlife, Conservation officers, and INHF staff, 2 barge shockers used due to stream width, recently acquired property with no fish sample data on file.

Collected Fish

Identity verification status for this species
Morphometrics: Length/Weight measurements of individual specimens
Taxa excluded from species count metrics.
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Species Catch
Brown Trout
Latin: Salmo trutta
Family: Salmonidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Top Carnivore
Is Exotic: True
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
425
Rainbow Trout
Latin: Oncorhynchus mykiss
Family: Salmonidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Top Carnivore
Is Exotic: True
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
2

Presence Only

Species
Creek Chub
Latin: Semotilus atromaculatus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Generalist
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
Fantail Darter
Latin: Etheostoma flabellare
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
Longnose Dace
Latin: Rhinichthys cataractae
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
Mottled Sculpin
Latin: Cottus bairdii
Family: Cottidae
Tolerance: Sensitive
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
Shorthead Redhorse
Latin: Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Family: Catostomidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: True
Is Hybrid: False

Fish Index of Biotic Integrity

FIBI calculations are not currently performed for sessions using Game Fish/Non-game Presence Only Survey methodology. These sampling sessions do not collect the information needed to calculate an accurate Index of Biotic Integrity.