Here's what I've got down from the first stop. At this location was Todd Crail, Jeff Grabarkiewicz, Richard Kik, Brian Zimmerman, and Nate Tessler
3/25/2007
Location: River Raisin (below the Sharon Mills Dam) ----is that the right name of that dam? haha.
Water Level: a little higher than usual, according to Todd. The water level in this part of the river doesn't vary as much, even after rainfall, because of the gradient and the stability (intact) of the watershed.
Water Quality: Quite nice, slight stain in the water due to tannins in the wood along the shoreline.
Water Temp: Probably mid to upper 40's *F (estimated)
Substrate: Varied. Mostly clean sand with fine gravel. Some cobble in the middle of the stream as well. Shoreline had lots of tree roots and some mucky areas due to slightly high water levels.
Air Temp: 60*F and overcast
Collected:
- Barred Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare flabellare)
- Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennoides)
- Rainbow Darter (Ehteostoma caeruleum)
- Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
- White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
- Hornyhead Chub (Nocomis biguttatus)
- River Chub (Nocomis micropogon)
- Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
- Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
- Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus)
- Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi)
Note: Sampled below the dam. Found numerous Northern/Great Lakes Crayfish. The Rainbow Darters were in full breeding colors and the females were gravid. The Greenside Darters were also huge and full of eggs.
There's the first stop, edit it if you guys see that I missed anything. Also, add some pictures!
-Nate