Long-term Monitoring of Water Quality in Cook Inlet/Kachemak Bay to understand recovery and restoration of injured near-shore species (2001-2013)

• Main Authors: Angela Doroff, Oriana Badajos
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: Kachemak Bay; Cook Inlet; National Estuarine Research Reserve System; NERR; KBRR; water quality; temperature; conductivity; salinity; dissolved oxygen; vented level; pH; tubidity; chlorophyll fluorescence; environmental drivers; EVOSTC; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; EVOS Gulf Watch Projects; Oil Spill; Alaska; Exxon Valdez; Environmental Drivers; Ocean and Atmosphere; Shoreline Habitat and Sensitivity; Gulf of Alaska; Inner Bay; Kachemak
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/df35b.44.12

The circulation in Kachemak Bay is driven primarily by the 8-meter tidal flux. Regional circulation is characterized by generally cyclonic ocean currents in the Gulf of Alaska flowing onto the shelf off of Cook Inlet. Nutrient rich bottom water is upwelled and mixed with surface water. These enriche...