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North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-0043 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0043) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This ocean site, maintained by the Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program (identifier AKDECAKMAP), has the name "North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-0043" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0043.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 53.0153900000 degrees latitude and -168.5979500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0043" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2006 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2006
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2006
Information 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 2006 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
Physical, Habitat 2006 - 2006
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP
OrganizationFormalName Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0043
MonitoringLocationName North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-0043
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site 0043 was located near Lookout Point on SW Umnak Island. The site was within a surface canopy of Nereocystis in 47 ft of water. The transect was laid parallel and to shore along the base of a shelf that stepped up 2-3 m. The transect was laid on bedrock. There were several pockets of drift kelp along the transect, so that drift material had to be removed to sample some quadrats. Bottom temperature was 8 C; visibility was limited, about 15 ft. The dominant algae were Laminaria bongardiana, L. yezoensis, Thalassiophyllum clathrus, and Lithothamnion sp. Less dominant algae included Odonthalia setacea, Saccharina latisama, and Alaria fistulosa. There were numerous juvenile Laminariales attached to the bedrock. Although no macroinvertebrates or fishes dominated along the transect, the shelf wall did have a variety of sponges and a few Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus.
LatitudeMeasure 53.0153900000
LongitudeMeasure -168.5979500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET