Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: COQUITLAM RIVER Survey Date: 2017-09-22
Organization Name: Pearson Ecological Project Name: Oxbow side channel
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #:
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Survey ID: 76

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 37.200 (m) Actual: 23.900 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 18.600 (m) Actual:23.900 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 18.600 (m) Actual: 0.000(m) Photos Taken? no

* distance upstream (Up) of benchmark

Habitat Unit Typebottom of habitat unit*top of habitat unit*length of habitat unit (m)% slopePhoto frame #
Riffle 0.000 12.300 13.100 3.000 y
Not Recorded 12.300 23.900 11.900 1.000 7
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
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Not Recorded 0

* distance downstream (Dn) of benchmark

Habitat Unit Typebottom of habitat unit*top of habitat unit*length of habitat unit (m)% slopePhoto frame #
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
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Not Recorded 0

Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 4.00 %
Gravel: %
Cobble: 68.00 %
Boulder: 28.00 %
Bedrock: %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 28.57 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 5.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 2.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 2.00 %
Total length of pools: 0
Length of Reference Site: 25
Pool Habitat: 0.00 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details:
Size:
Present: none
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank:
Active Erosion Left Bank Length:
Active Erosion Right Bank:
Active Erosion Right Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length:
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank:
Right Bank: 23.90
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 95.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 2.00
Coniferous trees: 0.5
Deciduous trees: 0.25
Shrubs: 0.25
Grass: 0
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
trailer storage area and trail (bikes, people, dogs, motor bikes, motorized unicycle)active main path and another non purposed path has been formed all along the side channel on the right bank