Water quality of the Chokosna, Gilahina, Lakina Rivers, and Long Lake watershed along McCarthy Road, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 2007–08
Brabets TP, Ourso RT, Miller MP, Brasher AM. 2011. Water quality of the Chokosna, Gilahina, Lakina Rivers, and Long Lake watershed along McCarthy Road, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 2007–08. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report. 2011-5185, 56p. Reston, Virginia
The Chokosna, Gilahina, and Lakina River basins, and the Long Lake watershed are located along McCarthy Road in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The rivers and lake support a large run of sockeye (red) salmon that is important to the commercial and recreational fisheries in the larger Copper River. To gain a better understanding of the water quality conditions of these watersheds, these basins were studied as part of a cooperative study with the National Park Service during the open water periods in 2007 and 2008.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brabets, Timothy; Ourso, Robert; Miller, Matthew; Brasher, Anne
- Date of Issue
- 2011
- Units
- WRST
- Keywords
- Algae, Alkalinity, benthis macroinvertebrates, dissolved constituents, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Dissolved Oxygen, habitat samples, Iron, Macroinvertebrates, manganese, periphytic algae, pH, specific conductance, Streamflow, Suspended Sediment, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Temperature, Zooplankton