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Akun Bay - AKALE06-0002 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0002) 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 "Akun Bay - AKALE06-0002" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-0002.

This site is located in Aleutians East Borough County, Alaska at 54.2399900000 degrees latitude and -165.5431800000 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-AKALE06-0002" 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 2006 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2006 - 2006
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2006
Information 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 2006 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
Physical, Habitat 2006 - 2006
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
*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-AKALE06-0002
MonitoringLocationName Akun Bay - AKALE06-0002
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is along the east side of Akun Island in Akun Bay. The buoy end of the 40 ft. anchor chain at this site was on coarse sand, however, the anchor and the 25 m transect tape was actually on cobble/boulder substrate in 48 ft of water. Where the anchor chain began, on sand, sand dollars were present. There was no current at depth. Bottom temperature was 6.5 C. High winds were blowing toward shore and visibility on bottom was only about 6 ft. Nevertheless, the biota here was fairly diverse. The kelp were mainly an even mixture of Agarum sp., Cymathere triplicata, and Laminaria bongardiana. The macrofauna were dominated by Pododesmus macrochisma, Margarites pupillus, and Tonicella insignis.
LatitudeMeasure 54.2399900000
LongitudeMeasure -165.5431800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET