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Kirilof Bay - AKALE07-0016 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0016) 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 "Kirilof Bay - AKALE07-0016" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0016.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 51.4308300000 degrees latitude and -179.2233800000 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-AKALE07-0016" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 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-AKALE07-0016
MonitoringLocationName Kirilof Bay - AKALE07-0016
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is on the northeast side of Amchitka Island. It was west of Bat Island and adjacent to an Alaria bed. The depth at this site was only 23 ft. on a coarse substrate of rock and some boulders, mostly encrusted with coralline algae (Lithothamnion sp.). Bottom temperature was 5 C. Visibility was approximately 20 ft. The dominant algae, other than encrusting coralline, included Desmerestia viridis, Alaria fistulosa, and a bladed red ? probably Kallymeniaceae. Fauna were dominated mainly by small (some large) Strongylocentrotus sp., tube worms - Pileolaria sp., Tonicella submarmorea, Leptasterias camtchatica, Ophiopholis aculeatea and orange compound ascidian. Fish taken (2) included 1 female rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus) and 1 red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus).
LatitudeMeasure 51.4308300000
LongitudeMeasure -179.2233800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET