Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1606A01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.91354°, -152.46439°
Legal Description: U006S002W19
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake D-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Ayiyak

Elevation:

Site Comments: Downstream of C3

Survey Date: Aug 03, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-06A01

Observers: Joe Giefer, Phillip Stacey

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.32° C DO: 10.54 ppm Conductivity: 242.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 1.47 NTU / pH: 7.43 Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Sand, Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 16.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.5 m
Rosgen Channel Classification:
Visit Comments: Hanna Probe: pH = 2.82, Cond (u) = 377

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Open Low Alder 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): 227 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP099-0100
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B)
EF Time(s): 127 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0101-0102
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C)
EF Time(s): 167 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0103-0104
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (CC)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D)
EF Time(s): 172 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0105-0106
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E)
EF Time(s): 214 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0107-0108
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F)
EF Time(s): 208 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0109-0110
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G)
EF Time(s): 186 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0111-0112
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (H)
EF Time(s): 177 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0113-0114
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (I)
EF Time(s): 168 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0115-0116
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (J)
EF Time(s): 169 Efficiency: Fair
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0117-0118
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (K)
EF Time(s): 387 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0119-0120
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (L)
EF Time(s): 189 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0121-0122
Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (M)
EF Time(s): 242 Efficiency: Poor
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: WP0123-0124

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 57 Max: 59 Mean: 58
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 11 Fish Measured: 11 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 200 Max: 276 Mean: 239
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (4) Visual Observation, Boat (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (3) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 80 Max: 80 Mean: 80
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1)
 

Photos

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