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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  AKDECAKMAP >  AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-ALT0034

North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-ALT0034 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-ALT0034) 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 "North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-ALT0034" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE06-ALT0034.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 52.9120000000 degrees latitude and -168.7970400000 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-ALT0034" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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
Not Assigned 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-ALT0034
MonitoringLocationName North Pacific Ocean - AKALE06-ALT0034
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Alternate site 0034 was off Cape Udak on the SW side of Umnak Island. It was located within a sparse surface canopy of Nereocystis where the depth was 47 ft on a boulder substrate. The bottom temperature was 7.5 C. Visibility was only about 20-25 ft. The dominant kelps were the browns, Agarum sp., and Thalassiophyllum clathrus, and the reds, Lithothamnion sp. and Clathromorphium nereostratum. The green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis dominanted the macrofauna. For fishes, kelp greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus, dominated.
LatitudeMeasure 52.9120000000
LongitudeMeasure -168.7970400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET