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Temnac Bay - AKALE07-0004 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0004) 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 "Temnac Bay - AKALE07-0004" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0004.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 52.8027300000 degrees latitude and -173.0747800000 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-AKALE07-0004" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2007 - 2007
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2007 - 2007
Biological, Counts 2007 - 2007
Information 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Not Assigned 2007 - 2007
Nutrient 2007 - 2007
Organics, Other 2007 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 2007 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2007
Radiochemical 2007 - 2007
*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-AKALE07-0004
MonitoringLocationName Temnac Bay - AKALE07-0004
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is on the south side of Attu Island in Temnac Bay. The original site was outside of Savage Island, but it was too rough to sample. So, we drew a straight line and sampled inside Savage Island. The depth at this site was 36 ft. on a mixed substrate of coarse sand near buoy to coarse gravel/boulders near end of transect. There was little current at depth. Coralline alga was present, even the small gravel rocks, suggesting that this region does not get disturbed often. Bottom temperature was 6 C. Although no algae dominant, occasionally there were Desmarestia sp., Alaria fistulosa, Codium ritterii, Bossiella sp., Laingia aleutica, and a fuzzy red. The dominant fauna included Strongylocentrotus sp., various calcareous tube worms, and encrusting sponge, possibly Halichondria sp.. One sea, Pteraster tessalatus, was on the transect. One rock sole (Lepidopsetta sp.) and 1 kelp greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus) were taken.
LatitudeMeasure 52.8027300000
LongitudeMeasure -173.0747800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET