Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1601C03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.52539°, -152.54442°
Legal Description: U002N003W14
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat C-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed Stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H10 Tributary of Kogosukruk River and Colville River.

Survey Date: Jul 26, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-01C03

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.2° C DO: 8.9 ppm Conductivity: 82.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 4.8 NTU / pH: 6.89 Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.9 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.12 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C2) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Tussock Tundra Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Tussock Tundra Closed Tall Willow Shrub
10-20 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
20-30 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (A)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (C)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 55 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (3) Visual Observation, Ground (7)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 7 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 43 Mean: 39
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (5) Visual Observation, Ground (2)
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 51 Max: 58 Mean: 54
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (2) Visual Observation, Ground (1)
 

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