Fish-Community Composition in Canacadea Creek, in the Vicinity of Almond Lake,Allegany and Steuben Counties, New York, 2000

摘要

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has been conductingbiological surveys of the inflow and outflow streams of Almond Lake since the early 1980s. These surveys are made to identify possible detrimental effects as well as benefits of the reservoir and to better understand the aquatic communities in the vicinity of the lake at the present and over time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey jointly conducted a survey of the fish communities upstream and downstream of the lake in Canacadea Creek in September 2000. The fish communities upstream and downstream were compared and any differences or similarities seen in the communities were noted. This study found the fish communities to be in fair condition upstream and good condition downstream of Almond Lake, with Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores of 3.5 and 5.0, respectively.