Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1610C02

Site Comments: H150 Tributary of Kucher Creek

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 5.44° C DO: 12.8 ppm	Conductivity: 59.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic	Turbidity: 5.8 NTU / pH: 6.3	Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity:	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 4.6 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	Midgrass-Shrub	Unvegetated
	5-10	Open Low Willow-Sedge Shrub Tundra	Unvegetated
	10-20	Closed Tall Willow Shrub	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: 6	Fish Measured: 6	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 37 Max: 48 Mean: 41
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (6)
Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 64 Max: 64 Mean: 64
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 58 Max: 92 Mean: 75
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (2)

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