Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1604A01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.86078°, -150.51842°
Legal Description: U007S007E05
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake D-1
AWC Stream #: 330-00-10700-2255-3165
Stream Name: Nanushuk River
Elevation:
Site Comments: WP058 - Sample reach started downstream of target site due to low water conditions.
Survey FSNPR16-04A01
Observers: Joe Giefer, Phillip Stacey
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 8.16° C DO: 11.77 ppm | Conductivity: 214.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Low | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 1.08 NTU / pH: 7.14 | Stream Gradient: 2.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Fast | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Boulder, Gravel | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Hanna Probe; pH = 8.04, Cond (u) = 318 | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Open Low Willow Shrub | Open Low 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: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 518 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP059-060 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 441 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP061-062 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C) | ||
| EF Time(s): 613 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP063-064 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D) | ||
| EF Time(s): 462 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP065-066 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E) | ||
| EF Time(s): 378 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP067-068 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F) | ||
| EF Time(s): 462 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP069-070 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G) | ||
| EF Time(s): 592 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP071-072 | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 5 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 39 Max: 82 Mean: 53 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (3) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult round whitefish | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 23 | Fish Measured: 23 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 235 Max: 403 Mean: 337 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (5) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (4) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (3) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (6) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 20 | Fish Measured: 20 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 104 Max: 377 Mean: 318 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (4) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (5) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (5) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (3) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult longnose sucker | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 365 Max: 365 Mean: 365 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult burbot | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 424 Max: 470 Mean: 447 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Species: adult Dolly Varden | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 450 Max: 450 Mean: 450 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Comments: Was not able to get a picture, fish self released while trying to measure it. | |||
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