Fish Inventory Site FSH0213A63

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.98353°, -151.60254°
Legal Description: S010N013W04
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 4 m

Site Comments: Unnamed slough north of Middle River. Tidal slough several miles up from Trading Bay.

Survey Date: Aug 06, 2002

Survey FSH02-13A63

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.4° C Conductivity: 594.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Still 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 30.0 m 30.0 m
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F6) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
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: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 16
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Some sticklebacks were showing spawning colors.

Fish Observations

Species: adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 36 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (36)
 
Species: adult threespine stickleback Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 36 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (36)
Comments: Some sticklebacks were showing spawning colors.
 

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