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

North Skunk River Hayesville

Analysis Summary for Series #1409

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity (BMIBI)

Metric Name Value Score
MH Total Taxa 21 4.04
MH EPT Taxa 11 4.07
MH Sensitive Taxa 4 3.64
*Mouse-over metric for full name
**Final IBI is sum of scores multiplied by 0.8333

Analysis Factors

Factor Value
BMIBI Type Warm Water
Sample Date 10/8/2012
Sampling Series Series #1409
Drainage Area (mi2) 631
Log(DA) 2.80002935924413
Calculation Last Updated 10/28/2025 3:10:37 PM
Sampling Gear Qual only

Sessions used in this analysis

BMIBI Score

Invalid IBI

Qual only
Series Analysis Notes

Artificial substrates weren't present - no semi-quantitative samples collected.

Invalid Sample

A BMIBI Warm Water analysis is considered invalid if any of the following are true:

  • There are no quantitative sessions with 85 or more individual benthic macroinvertebrate collected
  • There is no qualitative sample
  • The qualitative sample does not contain at least one individual benthic macroinvertebrate

The WW single-habitat metric values are neither calculated nor displayed for invalid samples.