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

Chariton River Rathbun

Analysis Summary for Series #1718

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity (BMIBI)

Metric Name Value Score
MH Total Taxa 25 4.81
MH EPT Taxa 10 3.7
MH Sensitive Taxa 1 0.91
*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 10/2/2013
Sampling Series Series #1718
Drainage Area (mi2) 550
Log(DA) 2.74036268949424
Calculation Last Updated 10/28/2025 3:16:37 PM
Sampling Gear Qual only

Sessions used in this analysis

BMIBI Score

Invalid IBI

Qual only
Series Analysis Notes

This was mistakenly put on the old Chariton River Centerville site, should be on 461st site instead.

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.