Fish Inventory Site FSH0212B54

Site Comments: Upper tributary of Kustatan River.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 16.1° C	Conductivity: 26.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 10.8 m 10.2 m Thalweg Depth: 0.8 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
	5-10
	10-20
	20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 138		Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: 2 total.
Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 5	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (5)
Comments: 5 total.
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 16	Fish Measured: 8	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 37 Max: 55 Mean: 42
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (16)
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 12	Fish Measured: 4	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 38 Max: 73 Mean: 61
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
Comments: 8 sculpin total.

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