Site details

Overview

Estuary Gellibrand River Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code G5
Site name Coxon's Bridge
Nearest road and town Old Ocean Road, Princetown
Description Bridge at Coxon's
Site access Access via Old Ocean Road. Second bridge along.
Land use
  • Other
  • Rural Grazing
Land use description Grazing land.
Status Active
Observation history 21-04-2007 - 21-01-2025
G5
Phys/Chem Monitoring Site Five

Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Observation #16037 #16125 #16247 #16255 #16263 #16403 #16416 #16435 #16616 #16688 #16677 #16670

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 13.0 9.0 9.0 13.0 9.0 13.0 11.0 9.0 14.0 9.0

pH

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 6.6 6.6 7.4 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.4
Bottom 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.6

Ammonia mg/L

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
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Temperature ° C

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 17.30 18.30 15.00 12.60 9.20 9.60 11.50 11.70 12.50 16.70 20.00 21.00
Bottom 17.30 17.90 14.10 12.30 9.20 9.50 11.30 11.70 12.50 16.20 19.60 20.80

Salinity ppt

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Bottom 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20

D.O. mg/L

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 7.31 6.35 8.11 9.52 11.20 11.09 10.01 10.29 9.41 7.80 6.56 4.83
Bottom 7.15 6.28 8.04 9.49 11.13 11.11 10.01 10.25 9.39 7.77 6.46 4.50

D.O. % Sat

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 80.70 72.20 85.20 95.20 102.60 103.20 97.50 100.50 93.60 85.10 77.50 57.90
Bottom 79.00 70.70 83.20 94.00 101.90 102.80 96.90 99.90 93.30 84.40 75.40 53.70

Conductivity mS/cm

16-02-2024 15-03-2024 19-04-2024 17-05-2024 21-06-2024 12-07-2024 16-08-2024 13-09-2024 11-10-2024 22-11-2024 20-12-2024 21-01-2025
Top 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.32 0.29 0.27 0.27 0.27
Bottom 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.32 0.29 0.27 0.27 0.27
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