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Limnological and water-quality data from Wonder Lake, Chilchukabena Lake, and Lake Minchumina, Denali National Park and Preserve and surrounding area, Alaska, June 2006-August 2008

Open-File Report 2010-1322
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service
By:  and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101322

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Abstract

Growing visitor traffic and resource use, as well as natural and anthropogenic land and climatic changes, can place increasing stress on lake ecosystems in Denali National Park and Preserve. Baseline data required to substantiate impact assessment in this sub-arctic region is sparse to non-existent. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, conducted a water-quality assessment of several large lakes in and around the Park from June 2006 to August 2008. Discrete water-quality samples, lake profiles of pH, specific conductivity, dissolved-oxygen concentration, water temperature, turbidity, and continuous-record temperature profile data were collected from Wonder Lake, Chilchukabena Lake, and Lake Minchumina. In addition, zooplankton, snow chemistry data, fecal coliform, and inflow/outflow water-quality samples also were collected from Wonder Lake.

Suggested Citation

Long, D., Arp, C., 2011, Limnological and water-quality data from Wonder Lake, Chilchukabena Lake, and Lake Minchumina, Denali National Park and Preserve and surrounding area, Alaska, June 2006-August 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1322, vi, 30 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101322.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Limnological and water-quality data from Wonder Lake, Chilchukabena Lake, and Lake Minchumina, Denali National Park and Preserve and surrounding area, Alaska, June 2006-August 2008
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2010-1322
DOI 10.3133/ofr20101322
Year Published 2011
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Alaska Science Center Water
Description vi, 30 p.
Time Range Start 2006-06-01
Time Range End 2008-08-31
Country United States
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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