Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1605C02
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.44125°, -151.76440°
Legal Description: U011S002E31
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake B-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Natvakruak Creek
Elevation:
Site Comments: H62
Survey FSNPR16-05C02
Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 6.95° C DO: 10.67 ppm | Conductivity: 179.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 2.1 NTU / pH: 6.82 | Stream Gradient: 2.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Boulder, Cobble | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (C2) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Confluences with Siksikpuk River and the Siksikpuk River confluences with the Chandler River which is in the AWC approximately 9 KM downstream of Siksikpuk and Chandler confluence. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Closed Tall Willow Shrub | Unvegetated |
| 5-10 | Closed Tall Willow Shrub | Closed Low Willow Shrub | |
| 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: 5 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 11 Max: 68 Mean: 39 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (2) Visual Observation, Ground (3) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 4 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 114 Max: 168 Mean: 149 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (4) Visual Observation, Ground () | |||
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