Freshwater Fish Inventory of Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network
Markis J, Veach E, McCormick M, Hander R. 2004. Freshwater Fish Inventory of Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network. Natural Resources Survey and Inventory Report. NPS_AKRCAKN_NRTR_2004_006. Copper Center, Alaska
As part of the National Park Services Inventory and Monitoring Program a freshwater fish inventory was conducted in the Central Alaska Network between 2001 and 2003. This network is comprised of Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The purpose of this inventory was to document 90% of the expected yet undocumented species and to collect baseline data of species abundance and distribution. Angling, dip nets, electrofishing, a fyke net, gill nets, hoop traps, minnow traps, and snorkeling were all methods used in the 135 different sites that were sampled in the Central Alaska Network. Nine out of twenty one expected yet undocumented species were documented. Three previously undocumented species were documented in Denali, inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), and northern pike (Esox lucius). Six previously undocumented species were documented in Wrangell-St. Elias, coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus), eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata), slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus), lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) and threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). One additional species was documented in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). There were also four species detected that were not on the expected species lists, however, after further review these four species overlap with Park units within the Network and should be included in the expected species lists. Three of these species were detected in Denali National Park/Preserve and included, Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis), Arctic lamprey (Lampetra camtschatica), and humpback whitefish (Coregonus pidschian). One of these species was detected in Wrangell-St. Elias, starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Markis, Joeal; Veach, Eric; McCormick, Molly; Hander, Ray
- Date of Issue
- 2004-10
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Alaska, alaska blackfish, Alaska whitefish, Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, arctic lamprey, Broad Whitefish, burbot, CAKN, Central Alaska Network, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coastrange Sculpin, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, DENA, Denali National Park And Preserve, Dolly Varden, Eulachon, Freshwater Fish, green sturgeon, humpback whitefish, inconnu, Inventory And Monitoring, King Salmon, lake chub, Lake Trout, Lake whitefish, Least cisco, longfin smelt, longnose sucker, Northern Pike, Pacific lamprey, Pink Salmon, pond smelt, Pygmy Whitefish, rainbow smelt, Rainbow Trout, Red Salmon, round whitefish, Silver Salmon, Slimy Sculpin, Sockeye Salmon, species inventory, starry flounder, threespine stickleback, Water Quality, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park And Preserve, WRST, YUCH, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve