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Site Assessment Report
A. Site Description
CABIN Study Name
CABIN Site Code
Sampling Date
Know Your Watershed (KYW) Basin
Province / Territory
Terrestrial Ecological Classification
Coordinates (decimal degrees)
Altitude
Feature Name
Stream Order
BC-Elk River Tributaries-Elk River Alliance
Alx-01
Oct 29 2013
Central Kootenay
British Columbia
Montane Cordillera Ecozone
Northern Continental Divide Ecoregion
49.67396 N, 114.77993 W
4002
Alexander Creek
4
Figure 1. Location Map
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Across Reach
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Down Stream
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Substrate
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Up Stream
Figure 2. Site Photographs
B. CABIN Assessment Results
Model Name
Analysis Date
Taxanomic Level
Predictor Variables
Reference Groups
Number of Reference Sites
Group Error Rate
Overall Model Error Rate
Probability of Group Membership
CABIN Assessment of Alx-01 on Oct 29,
2013
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REFERENCE MODEL SUMMARY
Columbia-Okanagan Preliminary March 2010
April 10, 2015
Family
Depth-Avg
Latitude
Longitude
Reg-Ice
Reg-SlopeLT30%
1
2
9
22.2%
0.1%
3
43
24.5%
17
22.2%
26.4%
0.2%
85.7%
Mildly Divergent
4
5
12
25.0%
33
32.4%
12.4%
1.6%
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Figure 3. CABIN ordination assessment of the test site with the predicted group of reference sites. Each axis represents
the relative abundance of the entire benthic invertebrate community with different organisms weighted differently on each
axis.
Sample Information
Sampling Device
Mesh Size
Sampling Time
Taxonomist
Identification Date
Subsampling Device
Proportion Subsampled
Kick Net
400
3
4/100
Community Structure Sample Data
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Oligochaeta
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Insecta
Order
Haplotaxida
Lumbriculida
Trombidiformes
Coleoptera
Diptera
Ephemeroptera
Plecoptera
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Family
Naididae
Lumbriculidae
Lebertiidae
Elmidae
Chironomidae
Empididae
Psychodidae
Tipulidae
Ameletidae
Baetidae
Ephemerellidae
Heptageniidae
Capniidae
Chloroperlidae
Nemouridae
Raw Count
1
2
2
1
49
1
7
3
2
17
54
28
3
4
138
Mean Count
25.0
50.0
50.0
25.0
1,225.0
25.0
175.0
75.0
50.0
425.0
1,350.0
700.0
75.0
100.0
3,450.0
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Community Structure Sample Data
Phylum
Class
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Perlodidae
Taeniopterygidae
Apataniidae
Brachycentridae
Glossosomatidae
Hydropsychidae
Rhyacophilidae
Uenoidae
Total
Raw Count
3
18
3
1
3
1
8
1
350
Mean Count
75.0
450.0
75.0
25.0
75.0
25.0
200.0
25.0
8,750.0
Site Metrics
Metric Name
Alx-01
Bray-Curtis Distance
0.59
Predicted Group Reference
Mean ±SD
0.4 ± 0.2
1.0
1.9 ± 1.3
0.9
8750.0
0.9 ± 0.1
5757.3 ± 4889.9
15.0
23.0
11.5 ± 1.2
17.1 ± 2.4
Biotic Indices
Long-lived taxa
Number Of Individuals
No. EPT individuals/Chironomids+EPT Individuals
Total Abundance
Richness
EPT taxa (no)
Total No. of Taxa
D. Habitat Description
Variable
Alx-01
Predicted Group Reference
Mean ±SD
Channel
Depth-Avg (cm)
Depth-BankfullMinusWetted (cm)
Depth-Max (cm)
Macrophyte (PercentRange)
Reach-%CanopyCoverage (PercentRange)
Reach-DomStreamsideVeg (Category (1-4))
Reach-Pools (Binary)
Reach-Rapids (Binary)
Reach-Riffles (Binary)
Reach-StraightRun (Binary)
Slope (m/m)
Veg-Coniferous (Binary)
Veg-Deciduous (Binary)
Veg-GrassesFerns (Binary)
Veg-Shrubs (Binary)
Velocity-Avg (m/s)
Velocity-Max (m/s)
Width-Bankfull (m)
Width-Wetted (m)
XSEC-VelMethod (Category (1-3))
30.0
12.00
60.0
0
1.00
4
0
0
1
0
0.0060000
1
1
1
1
0.55
0.99
13.2
11.5
1
22.5 ± 10.5
67.33 ± 71.65
32.9 ± 17.9
0±0
0.94 ± 0.80
3±1
0±1
0±1
1±0
1±0
0.0235102 ± 0.0284557
1±0
1±0
1±0
1±0
0.51 ± 0.25
0.75 ± 0.28
15.6 ± 12.8
10.2 ± 7.0
2±1
0.00000
0.46949 ± 1.15785
0
3
37
9
49
1
1
5.05
4.9
5
7
0±0
6±7
61 ± 27
1±2
31 ± 28
0±0
1±3
79.45 ± 47.98
73.9 ± 48.0
6±2
6±2
Landcover
Reg-Ice (%)
Substrate Data
%Bedrock (%)
%Boulder (%)
%Cobble (%)
%Gravel (%)
%Pebble (%)
%Sand (%)
%Silt+Clay (%)
D50 (cm)
Dg (cm)
Dominant-1st (Category(0-9))
Dominant-2nd (Category(0-9))
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D. Habitat Description
Variable
Alx-01
Embeddedness (Category(1-5))
PeriphytonCoverage (Category(1-5))
SurroundingMaterial (Category(0-9))
3
3
3
Predicted Group Reference
Mean ±SD
4±1
2±1
4±2
37.93000
37.93000
27.92073 ± 14.83033
27.74594 ± 10.84742
254.0000000
11.0000000
8.6
0.5000000
-2.0
1.1000000
0.0000000
0.0049500
0.0350000
0.1600000
0.0015000
186.8500000 ± 84.0864011
10.4922222 ± 0.8833463
8.0 ± 0.6
0.5604289 ± 1.4627232
10.5 ± 4.2
6.6716667 ± 2.0277755
0.0000000 ± 0.0000000
0.0023889 ± 0.0063351
0.0130000 ± 0.0088111
0.0245003 ± 0.0229452
0.0032778 ± 0.0061816
Topography
Reg-SlopeLT30% (%)
SlopeLT30% (%)
Water Chemistry
General-Conductivity (uS/cm)
General-DO (mg/L)
General-pH (pH)
General-SolidsTSS (mg/L)
General-TempAir (Degrees Celsius)
General-TempWater (Degrees Celsius)
General-Turbidity (NTU)
Nitrogen-NO2 (mg/L)
Nitrogen-NO2+NO3 (mg/L)
Nitrogen-NO3 (mg/L)
Phosphorus-TP (mg/L)
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