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Tanaga Pass - AKALE07-A0016 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-A0016) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This ocean site, maintained by the Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program (identifier AKDECAKMAP), has the name "Tanaga Pass - AKALE07-A0016" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-A0016.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 51.8214600000 degrees latitude and -178.1209400000 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-A0016" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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, Photosynthetic Pigments 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

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP
OrganizationFormalName Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-A0016
MonitoringLocationName Tanaga Pass - AKALE07-A0016
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is on the west side of Tanaga Island, in Tanaga Pass. One sea otter was seen when setting the buoy. The site was within an Alaria fistulosa bed. The depth at this site was 30 ft. on a coarse substrate of bedrock and boulders, mostly encrusted with coralline algae (Lithothamnion sp.). There was some sand along the transect. Bottom temperature was 5 C. Visibility was approximately 25 ft. There was a little current and big swell. The dominant algae, other than encrusting coralline, included Alaria fistulosa, Agarum turneri, Constantinea subulifera, bladed red ? Kallymeniaceae, and leathery red. Fauna were dominated mainly by small (some large) Strongylocentrotus sp., orange vase sponge and yellow nipple sponge (Polymastia sp.). Fish taken (5) included 1 female and 1 male rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus), and 3 red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus).
LatitudeMeasure 51.8214600000
LongitudeMeasure -178.1209400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET