Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1602C03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.72819°, -149.28971°
Legal Description: U004N012E06
Region: Arctic

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

Elevation:

Site Comments: H68 Tributary of the Toolik River and Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 27, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-02C03

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.71° C DO: 10.95 ppm Conductivity: 242.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 1.67 NTU / pH: 7.96 Stream Gradient: 0.75%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Organic, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.8 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.74 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C5) 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 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
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 Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 32 Mean: 32
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 63 Mean: 42
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (6)
 

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