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M2 Fonterra Floating Pontoon

17 June 2023

Overview Notes Depth Profile Top-Bottom Documents 1 Chart
Observation details

Overview

Estuary Merri River Estuary
Site Fonterra Floating Pontoon
Observation ID #15581
Date and Time Saturday 17th June 2023 10:50am
Approved Approved

Notes

Great Egret, Little Pied Cormorant, Pacific Black Duck, Purple Swamp hens, Moorhens, Chestnut teal.

 

Unable to include other samplers as their names seem to have been deleted from list.

Eleanor Cowell, James Cowell and Jarred Obst

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 11.30 1.30 8.70 80.5 2.56
Previous 13.3 1.3 7.1 68.1 2.5
Median 16.6 1.20 9.42 86.10 2.3
0.5m 11.30 1.30 8.47 78.5 2.56
Previous 16.6 1.2 11.7 121.0 2.4
Median 16.6 1.10 10.91 118.00 2.1
1.0m 11.30 1.30 8.28 76.6 2.56
Previous 13.2 1.3 6.3 59.5 2.5
Median 16.6 1.20 8.15 81.50 2.3
1.5m 11.30 1.30 8.18 75.8 2.57
Previous 16.6 1.2 11.5 118.9 2.4
Median 16.6 1.10 8.91 89.00 2.1
2.0m 11.30 1.30 7.60 71.3 2.47
Previous 14.9 0.7 4.9 49.4 1.3
Median 14.9 0.70 5.66 54.20 1.3

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 13 7.9
Previous 0.1 9 7.8
Median 0.1 12 8.1
Bottom 2.0 13 7.8
Previous 1.7 9 7.8
Median 1.6 10 8.1

Other details

Max depth 2.10
Previous 1.80
Median 1.75
Flow estimate N/A

Observation Documents

Link Date File name Description

Preceding Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
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