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Veslifief Bay - AKALE07-0032 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0032) 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 "Veslifief Bay - AKALE07-0032" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0032.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 52.1151500000 degrees latitude and -174.3158600000 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-AKALE07-0032" 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-AKALE07-0032
MonitoringLocationName Veslifief Bay - AKALE07-0032
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site was located in the south side of the island, in Vasilief Bay. The topography here at a depth of 60 ft had no relief on a flat, silty-sand bottom. Bottom temperature was 6 C and visibility was limited to about 25 ft at depth. There was a little current and no swell. Species diversity was seemingly low, although numerous infaunal organisms were obvious based on various holes and sea cucumber and echiurid feeding appendages. No algae dominated, although a variety of drift algae was present, e.g., Ulva, Alaria, Desmarestia, Cymanthere, Codium, and reds. The dominant animals were sea cucumbers (Eupentacta sp. and other genera or species), echiurid (Bonelliopsis alaskana) and juvenile flatfish. Four large rock sole (Lepidopsetta sp.) were collected.
LatitudeMeasure 52.1151500000
LongitudeMeasure -174.3158600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET