Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1619C03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.35832°, -157.52369°
Legal Description: U001S023W17
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Lookout Ridge B-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Discovery creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H56

Survey Date: Aug 14, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-19C03

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.89° C DO: 9.73 ppm Conductivity: 52.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Boulder, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.16 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Turbidimeter malfunctioning

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Sedge-Willow Tundra Unvegetated
5-10 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Tussock Tundra
10-20 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
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: 9 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 165 Mean: 112
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (9)
 
Species: adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 114 Max: 114 Mean: 114
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 

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