Time Frame | BIBI (Condition) | FIBI (Condition)a | RBP (Condition) |
|---|---|---|---|
2023 Results | 2.14 (Poor) | -- | 142 (Supporting) |
Cumulative Average (2016-2023) | 2.09 (Poor) | 3.00 (Fair) | 126 (Supporting) |
3-year Running Average | 2.05 (Poor) | 3.00 (Fair) | 142 (Supporting) |
aFish data collected in 2022 only.
This site was sampled once in 2016 prior to restoration efforts. After work was completed, sampling resumed in 2020. In 2023, the site received a BIBI score of 2.14 (Poor). Pre-restoration samples were dominated by scuds and snails, while post-restoration samples have been dominated by flies and bivalves (clams and mussels). 2023 marks the second consecutive year that caddisflies were collected at the site.
CA-01 Summary of Insects Collected by Sample Year:
Fish sampling was conducted at the site for the first time in 2022. The site received a FIBI score of 3.00 (Fair) in 2022. A total of 466 individual fish representing seven different species were observed in 2022. Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) was the dominant species, making up approximately 70 percent of the sample.
CA-01 Summary of Fish Collected by Sample Year:
In 2016, prior to restoration, the site received an RBP score of 112 (Partially Supporting). Habitat quality was predictably low directly following restoration work, however, the site has improved markedly and in 2023 received an RBP score of 142 (Supporting).
Geomorphology at the site was first measured in 2007 and again in 2016, before the commencement of restoration activities. Before restoration, the channel was narrow and deeply incised. The restoration work widened the channel considerably and reconnected the stream with its floodplain. Stable channel conditions appear to have been created, as little change has been observed in the profile since 2020.
CA-01 Cross-Section Comparison:
| CA-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | BIBI (Condition) | FIBI (Condition)1 | RBP (Condition) |
| 2016 | 2.43 (P) | -- | 112 (PS) |
| 2020 | 1.86 (VP) | -- | 93 (NS) |
| 2021 | 1.57 (VP) | -- | 134 (NS) |
| 2022 | 2.43 (P) | 3.00 (F) | 151 (C) |
| 2023 | 2.14 (P) | -- | 142 (S) |
| Station Summary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average BIBI (SD) | 3-Year BIBI Average (SD) | Average RBP (SD) | 3-Year RBP Average (SD) | Average FIBI (SD)1 | 3-Year FIBI Average (SD)1 | |
| CA-01 | 2.09 (0.37) | 2.05 (0.44) | 126 (24) | 142 (9) | 3.00 (NA) | 3.00 (NA) |
1) No data.
SD = Standard Deviation