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Me2 Balnarring Bridge

7 January 2021

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

Overview

Estuary Merricks Creek Estuary
Site Balnarring Bridge
Observation ID #13923
Date and Time Thursday 7th January 2021 09:00am
Approved Pending

Notes

Estuary open

Some dead eels in creek

saw a blue billed duck family with 3 young

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 16.70 1.10 6.60 66.0 1.74
Previous 21.8 22.6 4.1 50.0 33.6
Median 21.8 14.90 4.10 50.00 24.4
0.5m 16.70 1.00 6.90 70.0 1.69
Previous 8.2 9.0 12.7 108.6 0.0
Median 21.1 14.20 2.70 33.60 23.4

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 10 8.5
Previous 0.1 10 8.0
Median 0.1 10 8.1
Bottom 0.4 10 8.2
Previous 0.2 19 8.5
Median 0.9 10 7.9

Other details

Max depth 0.50
Previous 0.30
Median 1.00
Flow estimate Slow

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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