Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1602A01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.94995°, -151.52861°
Legal Description: U006S002E01
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake D-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Tuluga River

Elevation:

Site Comments: WP017

Survey Date: Jul 29, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-02A01

Observers: Joe Giefer, Phillip Stacey

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.42° C DO: 10.84 ppm Conductivity: 77.0 μS/cm Stream Stage:
Water Color: Feric Turbidity: 8.2 NTU / pH: 6.72 Stream Gradient: 2.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 15.3 m
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification:
Visit Comments: Hanna Probe: pH= 6.96, Cond= 116.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Open Low Alder Shrub Open Low Alder-Willow Shrub
5-10 Sedge-Willow Tundra Open Low Alder-Willow Shrub
10-20 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
20-30 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Dip Net (A)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP017
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B)
EF Time(s): 341 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP018-019
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C)
EF Time(s): 245 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP020-021
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D)
EF Time(s): 315 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP022-023
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E)
EF Time(s): 203 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP024-025
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F)
EF Time(s): 276 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP026-027
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G)
EF Time(s): 258 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP028-029
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (H)
EF Time(s): 251 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP030-031
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (I)
EF Time(s): 213 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP032-033
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (J)
EF Time(s): 310 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP034-035
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (AA)
Channel Type:
Comments: WP017

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 24 Fish Measured: 12 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 38 Max: 54 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Dip Net (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (6) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Visual Observation, Boat (12)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 9 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 141 Max: 322 Mean: 236
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (5) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 96 Max: 96 Mean: 96
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult round whitefish Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 268 Max: 293 Mean: 280
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 

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