Fish Inventory Site FSH0215A65

Site Comments: Unnamed left bank tributary of Nikolai Creek. GPS point taken on beaver dam.

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.2° C	Conductivity: 49.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 5.4 m 4.55 m Thalweg Depth: 0.26 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (E4) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio.
Visit Comments: Dam may be a barrier to adults.

Vegetation Classification

		Left Bank	Right Bank
Distance From OHW(m)	0-5	Bluejoint-Herb	Bluejoint-Herb
	5-10
	10-20	Open Balsam Poplar (Black Cottonwood) Forest
	20-30		Closed Black Cottonwood Forest

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 47		Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: 5 observed above dam.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 52 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 19	Fish Measured: 7	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 35 Max: 70 Mean: 45
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (19)
Comments: 5 observed above dam.
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 1	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (1)

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