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Kuliliak Bay - AKALE06-ALT0012 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-ALT0012) 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 "Kuliliak Bay - AKALE06-ALT0012" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-ALT0012.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 53.4481900000 degrees latitude and -167.0508100000 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-ALT0012" 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, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 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-ALT0012
MonitoringLocationName Kuliliak Bay - AKALE06-ALT0012
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Alternate site 0012 was located in Kuliliak Bay (SW Unalaska Island), just inside the inner portion of the bay to the NW. The anchor was dropped near some large (2-3 m diameter) boulders, however, the transect was laid on flat bedrock in 33 ft. Bottom temperature was 8 C. The visibility was about only about 20 ft., due mainly to the heavy swell that stirred up the bottom. The swell also hindered sampling. The algae were dominated by Laminaria longipes, L. yezoensis, L. bongardiana, and Lithothamnion sp. The red algae Porphyra gardneri was attached to outer margin of some blades of L. longipes and L bongardiana. This was the first observation of this parasitic red on Laminaria. The macrofauna was dominated by an unidentified small unstalked ascidian we called ?Little Piggies?. Although there were few fish on the transect, there were several large dark rockfish and rock greenling and one octopus hanging around the boulders.
LatitudeMeasure 53.4481900000
LongitudeMeasure -167.0508100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET