Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Appendix K. Bioassessment results from sites assessed in the Black Warrior and Cahaba River basins during ADEM's 2002 NPS Basinwide Screening Assessment.
CU
Sipsey Fork
Locust Fork
Sub-watershed 080 090 090 110 110 130 010 020 030 040 050 050 060 080
Station ROCW-52b CROC-54a GSAMF-22 ROCC-15 RYNC-1 MILW-18a e GSA-27 a GSA-26 CLEM-76a SLAM-22c DRYB-11 h GRVB-4 h LCPB-23a LONB-24a
Subecoregion 68d 68d 68e 68e 68e 68e 68d 67f 68d 68d 68d 68d 68d 68f
Macroinvertebrate community
Date (yymmdd) 020613 020618 020618 020618 020619 020618 020619 020619 020530 020530 020529 020529 020529 020528
# EPT families 11 7 6 10 11 9 10 5 5 10 13 12
Assessment Good Fair Fair Fair Good Fair Good Fair Fair Good Excellent Good
Fish community
Date (yymmdd) 020730 020612 020719 020718
Richness measures
# species 15 10 15 14
# darter species 2 2 3 3
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# minnow species 4 2 4 4
# sunfish species 4 3 4 4
# sucker species 2 0 1 2
# intolerant species 1 1 1 2
Composition measures
% sunfish 30 8 52 12
% omnivores and herbivores 33 57 20 56
Population measures
% insectivorous cyprinids 20 11 7 18
% top carnivores 1 12 2 1
# collected per hour 210 459 153 162
% disease and anomalies 0 0 0 0
IBI score 36 34 36 36
Assessment Fair/ Poor Poor Fair/ Poor Fair/ Poor
a. No flow; Assessment not conducted
b. Canopy cover: S=shaded; MS=mostly shaded; 50/50=50% shaded; MO=mostly open; O=open
c. Habitat assessment form: RR=riffle/run (Barbour et al. 1999); GP=glide/pool (Barbour et al. 1999)
d. Assessment guidelines based on data collected at reference sites, 1991-2003; NG=no assessment guidelines
e. Bridge construction; No assessment conducted
f. Algal mats/Decaying algae
g. Beaverdam; No flow; Assessment not conducted
h. physical/chemical data collected in conjunction with ADEM's §303(d) Monitoring Program