Fish Inventory Site FSH0210A42
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.68175°, -152.05149°
Legal Description: S007N016W23
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai C-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 1 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Big River. Tidally influenced with cabin at mouth. Site near mouth of Big River.
Survey FSH02-10A42
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 11.2° C | Conductivity: 828.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Low | |||||||||
| Water Color: Glacial, High Turbidity | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Slow | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Silt/Clay | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (E6) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Some tidal influence. Found what are likely anadromous sticklebacks. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | ||
| 5-10 | |||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) | Trap Duration(h): 0 | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: All had armor plates. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 32 | Fish Measured: 3 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 72 Max: 78 Mean: 75 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (32) | |||
| Comments: All had armor plates. | |||
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