Freshwater Fish Inventory for Central Alaskan Network Parks: Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Markis J, Veach E, McCormick M, Hander R. Freshwater Fish Inventory for Central Alaskan Network Parks: Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. 2001-2003
As part of the National Park Services Inventory and Monitoring Program a freshwater fish inventory was conducted in the Central Alaska Network (CAKN) between 2001 and 2003. This network is comprised of Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA), Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST), and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH). 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 CAKN. Nine out of twenty one expected yet undocumented species were documented. 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.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Markis, Joel; Veach, Eric; McCormick, Molly; Hander, Ray
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- alaska blackfish, Alaska whitefish, Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, arctic lamprey, Broad Whitefish, burbot, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coastrange Sculpin, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, 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
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes