Habitats Occupied by Juvenile and Adult Arctic Grayling in Streams in the Brooks Range, Alaska (DenBeste & McCart, 1986)
A three-year field study examining habitat distribution of juvenile and adult Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in 23 streams across the Brooks Range, Alaska, comparing occupied habitats with available habitat to determine habitat preferences and selection patterns.
- Date
- 1986
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- J. DenBeste, P. McCart, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, University of California
- Locations
- Brooks Range, Alaska, Trans Alaska Pipeline Corridor, Sagavanirktok River Drainage, Yukon River Drainage, Continental Divide, Oksrukuyik Creek, Atigun River, Bonanza Creek, Kuparuk River, Minnie Creek, Chandalar River, Brockman Creek, Trevor Creek, Dietrich River, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- habitat distribution, water depth, water velocity, channel width, bank height, stream gradient, substrate composition, benthic macroinvertebrate density, benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomic diversity, water temperature, turbidity, habitat type, bank type, cover type, area of utilization, distance to nearest bank, fork length
- Pages
- 38
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