Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1611A01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.58531°, -150.30791°
Legal Description: U003N007E25
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat C-1
AWC Stream #: 330-00-10460
Stream Name: Kuparuk
Elevation:
Site Comments: WP 223 - 246. Unnamed upper tributary of Kuparuk River
Survey FSNPR16-11A01
Observers: Joe Giefer, Mark Eisenman
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 8.82° C DO: 10.66 ppm | Conductivity: 76.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: | |||||||||
| Water Color: Humic | Turbidity: 1.54 NTU / pH: 8.05 | Stream Gradient: 0.9% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Silt/Clay | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Approximately 5km downstream of C26. Hanna Probe: pH = 8.05, Cond = 117. Very low water in a channel that appears to carry large sediment loads at times. Massive sandy point bars on river bends have driven what little water remains flowing into a new channel through adjacent tundra. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Open Low Willow Shrub | Open Low Willow Shrub |
| 5-10 | Tussock Tundra | Open Low Willow Shrub | |
| 10-20 | Tussock Tundra | Tussock Tundra | |
| 20-30 | Tussock Tundra | Tussock Tundra | |
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 149 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 224 - 225 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 203 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 226 - 227 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C) | ||
| EF Time(s): 175 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 228 - 229 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D) | ||
| EF Time(s): 169 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 230 - 231 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E) | ||
| EF Time(s): 192 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 232 - 233 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F) | ||
| EF Time(s): 216 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 234 - 235 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G) | ||
| EF Time(s): 173 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 236 - 237 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (H) | ||
| EF Time(s): 176 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 238 (end point) | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (I) | ||
| EF Time(s): 216 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 239 - 240 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (J) | ||
| EF Time(s): 177 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 241 - 242 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (K) | ||
| EF Time(s): 145 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 243 - 244 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (L) | ||
| EF Time(s): 152 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 245 - 246 | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 78 Max: 78 Mean: 78 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 5 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 52 Mean: 45 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 7 | Fish Measured: 7 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 47 Max: 337 Mean: 99 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (6) | |||
Photos
No photos available.
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