Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Appendix P-2. Bioassessment results from assessed in the Black Warrior and Cahaba River basins as part of ADEM's §303(d) Monitoring Program, 1998-2002.
CU 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0112 0112 0112 0112 0112
Sub-watershed 130 130 130 130 130 140 140 140 140 140 020 050 070 080 080
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Station FMCJ-4 FMCJ-14 NFDJ-1 NFDJ-2 TSB-1 CMBJ-3 CMBJ-4 VLGJ-1 VLGJ-2 VLGJ-4 VA-1 LYC-1 JKC-1 DNC-1 PGC-1
Subecoregion 68f 68f 68f 68f 65i 68f 68f 67f 67f 68f 68f 68f 68f 68f 68f
Drainage area (mi 2 )
Macroinvertebrate community
Date (yymmdd) 020709 020522 020528 020528 990617 020528 020528 020522 020522 020522 020523 990616 990615 990622 990622
# EPT families 6 2 3 7 6 3 4 3 2 2 7 2 6 3 6
Assessment Fair Poor Poor Fair Fair Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Fair Poor Poor Poor Poor
Fish community
Date (yymmdd) 020703 020729 020618
Richness measures
# species 11 5 10
# darter species 2 0 2
# minnow species 3 1 2
# sunfish species 3 1 2
# sucker species 0 0 1
# intolerant species 1 0 0
Composition measures
% sunfish 19 39 10
% omnivores and herbivores 52 57 84
% insectivorous cyprinids 14 0 3
% top carnivores 2 5 1
Population measures
# collected per hour 112 327 212
% disease and anomalies 0 1 1
IBI score 30 24 30
Assessment Poor Poor/ Very
poor
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