Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 2004 Southeast Alaska Coastal Survey...

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Dasher, D., Lomax, T. 2004. 2004 Southeast Alaska Coastal Survey Environmental Status. Alaska Department of Conservation, Division of Water Quality and Restoration, Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program, Juneau, AK.
Year Published: 
2004
Organization: 
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Description: 

In 2004, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), as part of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Western States Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, Surveyed Alaska's Southeast province. This survey...was part of a larger National Coastal Assessment (NCA) on-going assessment of the aquatic resource status of the nation's coastline” (p 4). The report concludes that Southeast Alaska's coastal waters are rated "good”. Coastal index components include water quality, sediment quality, and fish tissue contaminants.

Category: 
Southeast Alaska, coastal change, coastline, climate change, marine resources, fisheries, water quality, sediment quality, conservation, adaptation, monitoring

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