Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1609C02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.89169°, -152.90725°
Legal Description: U006S004W29
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake D-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: South Fork Ninuluk Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H64

Survey Date: Aug 03, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-09C02

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.62° C DO: 1.91 ppm Conductivity: Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 2.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width:
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C5) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Conductivity calibration did not hold.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Unvegetated
5-10 Tussock Tundra Unvegetated
10-20 Tussock Tundra Closed Tall Willow Shrub
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: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 39 Max: 39 Mean: 39
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 113 Max: 276 Mean: 184
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (3)
 

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