Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1615C01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 70.14918°, -148.79436°
Legal Description: U009N013E10
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Beechey Point A-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H159 Tributary of the Putuligayuk River

Survey Date: Aug 10, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-15C01

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.79° C DO: 10.5 ppm Conductivity: 212.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 1.59 NTU / pH: 7.7 Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.2 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 Sedge-Dryas Tundra Sedge-Dryas Tundra
5-10 Sedge-Willow Tundra Sedge-Willow Tundra
10-20 Sedge-Willow Tundra Sedge-Willow Tundra
20-30 Sedge-Willow Tundra Sedge-Willow 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 ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 45 Max: 45 Mean: 45
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 

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