Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1608C01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.38504°, -155.13050°
Legal Description: U001S013W06
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Ikpikpuk River B-4
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Bronx Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H25 tributary of Ikpikpuk River

Survey Date: Aug 01, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-08C01

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.96° C DO: 11.05 ppm Conductivity: 130.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 2.92 NTU / pH: 6.8 Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 6.05 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.1 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) 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 Fresh Sedge Marsh Fresh Sedge Marsh
5-10 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall 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: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 39 Max: 48 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (5)
 

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