Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1602C04

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.86723°, -149.14786°
Legal Description: U006N012E21
Region: Arctic

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

Elevation:

Site Comments: H26 Tributary of Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 27, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-02C04

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 15.18° C DO: 11.7 ppm Conductivity: 209.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 1.47 NTU / pH: 8.25 Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 0.54 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.2 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) 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 Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
5-10 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
10-20 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
20-30 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (A)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B) Trap Duration(h): 0
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: 2 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 38 Mean: 35
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (2)
 

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