Water Quality And Fish Observations From Alaskan National Parks In 2003

39 sites across Wrangell-St. Elias and Denali National Parks were monitored for physical and chemical water quality by the National Park Service. Observations were collected from May 21 to September 8, 2003. The data release includes a report describing these observations.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial variation in water quality parameters like temperature and pH across 39 Alaskan park sites.
• Correlate chemical water quality metrics from the 2003 sampling period with fish population health indicators.
• Establish baseline water quality conditions for long-term monitoring in Wrangell-St. Elias and Denali National Parks.

Strengths

• Data collected from 39 distinct monitoring sites across two major national parks.
• Observations cover a defined field season from May to September 2003.

Limitations

• Dataset size, including row count and specific column names, is unknown.
• Data is from a single year (2003), limiting analysis of temporal trends.

Provenance

Source

National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Collection Method

Field observations collected from monitoring sites.

Time Range

May 21 to September 8, 2003.

Freshness

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Geography

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.