Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1611C03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.76683°, -156.69302°
Legal Description: U005N019W20
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Lookout Ridge D-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H106 Tributary of Usuktuk River

Survey Date: Aug 06, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-11C03

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.49° C DO: 9.21 ppm Conductivity: 80.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 5.84 NTU / pH: 6.89 Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.86 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Caribou at site

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Sedge-Willow Tundra Sedge-Willow Tundra
5-10 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
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: 8 Fish Measured: 8 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 51 Max: 63 Mean: 55
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (8)
 
Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 9 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 27 Max: 86 Mean: 41
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (5) Minnow Trap (4)
 

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