Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1609A01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.71205°, -153.65771°
Legal Description: U008S007W31
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Killik River C-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Killik River
Elevation:
Site Comments: WP0169-0197 Hanna Probe; pH = 8, Cond (u) = 262.
Survey FSNPR16-09A01
Observers: Joe Giefer, Mark Eisenman
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 11.84° C DO: 9.92 ppm | Conductivity: 178.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Low | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 2.41 NTU / pH: 7.56 | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Boulder | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Both Chum rolled and immobilized together in the same spot but only able to net one. We speculate they may have been sitting on a spawning bed together. Pink salmon (Male), spawning, milt when handled. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub | Open Tall 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): 187 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0170-0171 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 167 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0172-0173 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C) | ||
| EF Time(s): 125 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0174-0175 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D) | ||
| EF Time(s): 201 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0176-0177 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E) | ||
| EF Time(s): 285 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0178-0179 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F) | ||
| EF Time(s): 252 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0180-0181 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G) | ||
| EF Time(s): 154 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0182-0183 | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (GG) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: WP0182-0183 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (H) | ||
| EF Time(s): 184 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0184-0185 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (I) | ||
| EF Time(s): 180 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0186-0187 | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (II) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: WP0186-0187 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (J) | ||
| EF Time(s): 188 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0188-0189 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (K) | ||
| EF Time(s): 207 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0190-0191 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (L) | ||
| EF Time(s): 218 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0192-0193 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (M) | ||
| EF Time(s): 122 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0194-0195 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (N) | ||
| EF Time(s): 145 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP0196-0197 | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 11 | Fish Measured: 8 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 210 Max: 357 Mean: 290 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Visual Observation, Boat (3) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Comments: GG est >250mm | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult longnose sucker | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 400 Max: 400 Mean: 400 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult round whitefish | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 6 | Fish Measured: 6 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 277 Max: 396 Mean: 324 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) 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: 65 Max: 65 Mean: 65 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: adult spawning pink salmon | Life History: Anadromous | Spawning: Yes | |
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 457 Max: 457 Mean: 457 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: adult spawning chum salmon | Life History: Anadromous | Spawning: Yes | |
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 586 Max: 586 Mean: 586 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Visual Observation, Boat (1) | |||
| Comments: Both Chum rolled and immobilized together in the same spot but only able to net one. We speculate they may have been sitting on a spawning bed together. | |||
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