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Vega Bay - AKALE07-0017 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0017) 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 "Vega Bay - AKALE07-0017" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0017.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 51.9144600000 degrees latitude and -177.4482200000 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-AKALE07-0017" 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 2007 - 2007
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2007 - 2007
Biological, Counts 2007 - 2007
Information 2007 - 2007
Not Assigned 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-AKALE07-0017
MonitoringLocationName Vega Bay - AKALE07-0017
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is on the southcentral side of Kiska Island in Vega Bay. The depth at this site was 47 ft. on a coarse substrate of rock, encrusted with coralline algae. Bottom temperature was 5 C. Visibility was 15-20 ft. ? not good. There were no dominant alga, other than encrusting coralline Lithothamnion sp. and Clathromorphum nereostratum), although occasionally Agarum turneri, Desmarestia aculeate, Laminaria bongardiana and Alaria fistulosa was observed on the transect. The fauna were dominated mainly Pododesmus and small Strongylocentrotus sp., orange sponges, both vase and flat. No fish were seen.
LatitudeMeasure 51.9144600000
LongitudeMeasure -177.4482200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET