Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1602C02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.64563°, -148.83361°
Legal Description: U003N013E01
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Sagavanirktok C-4
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed Stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H24 Tributary of Toolik River and runs parallel to Sagavanirktok River.

Survey Date: Jul 27, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-02C02

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.24° C DO: 11.1 ppm Conductivity: 171.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 1.07 NTU / pH: 8.27 Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.6 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Suspect YSI malfunction

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Tussock Tundra Low Scrub
5-10 Tussock Tundra Low Scrub
10-20 Tussock Tundra Low Scrub
20-30 Tussock Tundra Low Scrub

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 Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 14 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 43 Max: 60 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (4) Visual Observation, Ground (10)
 

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