Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1612A01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.24854°, -152.47563°
Legal Description: U002S002W19
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat A-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Fossil Creek
Elevation:
Site Comments: WP 247 - 263. Downstream of target site due to low H2O.
Survey FSNPR16-12A01
Observers: Joe Giefer, Mark Eisenman
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 11.98° C DO: 9.51 ppm | Conductivity: 150.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Low | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 0.55 NTU / pH: 7.55 | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Slow | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Hanna Probe: pH = 8.9, Cond = 217. Extremely low water in a low gradient pool/riffle system. Many stretches of riffle were too shallow to sample and we had to drag the raft to the next pool. Very ineffective sampling at such low water. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub | Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub |
| 5-10 | Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub | Open Tall Alder-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): 113 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 248 - 249 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 170 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 250 - 251 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (C) | ||
| EF Time(s): 111 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 252 - 253 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (D) | ||
| EF Time(s): 153 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 254 - 255 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (E) | ||
| EF Time(s): 168 | Efficiency: Fair | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 256 - 257 | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (EE) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: WP 256 - 257 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (F) | ||
| EF Time(s): 143 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 258 -259 | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (FF) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: WP 258 -259 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (G) | ||
| EF Time(s): 156 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 260 - 261 | ||
| Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (H) | ||
| EF Time(s): 126 | Efficiency: Poor | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: WP 262 - 263 | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (II) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: 400 meters downstream of WP 263 | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 14 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 252 Mean: 159 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (3) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) Visual Observation, Boat (1) Visual Observation, Boat (8) | |||
| Comments: EE and II vis obs were all estimated to be longer than 250mm | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult round whitefish | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 352 Max: 352 Mean: 352 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 3 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 22 Max: 51 Mean: 36 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Boat (1) Boat-Mounted Electrofisher (2) | |||
Photos
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