Site details

Overview

Estuary Merricks Creek Estuary
CMA Melbourne Water
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Me1
Site name Bridge at the estuary mouth
Nearest road and town Parklands Avenue, Somers
Description This site is on the closest bridge to the estuary mouth.
Site access Park on Parklands Avenue, Somers and walk along the path behind Lord Somers camp until you get to a bridge.
Land use
  • Urban Industrial
Land use description School camp, vegetated sand dunes.
Status Active
Observation history 05-09-2016 - 02-12-2024

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 09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Observation #15949 #15994 #16044 #16082 #16158 #16198 #16234 #16340 #16395 #16486 #16530 #16594

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 32.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 9.0 14.0
Bottom

pH

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 6.8 6.8 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.3 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.0 7.0
Bottom

Ammonia mg/L

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 27.90 23.50 25.90 18.80 16.20 11.40 10.00 9.70 10.60 13.00 18.50 22.60
Bottom 21.70 22.90 20.90 21.50 18.70 13.60 14.20 12.10 13.40 13.00 18.50 22.20

Salinity ppt

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 1.80 11.60 37.80 34.80 15.30 7.80 0.70 10.90 12.30 23.80 30.90 21.10
Bottom 3.70 33.90 35.50 36.50 32.40 28.70 26.50 34.20 31.80 25.90 30.80 28.20

D.O. mg/L

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 0.61 2.84 0.25 3.39 8.47 8.18 10.11 0.32 10.18 5.70 1.82 4.40
Bottom 0.16 1.16 0.34 0.17 0.00 0.62 0.12 0.22 0.27 5.40 2.02 3.20

D.O. % Sat

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 7.90 35.70 3.70 44.70 94.10 78.70 91.20 3.00 98.80 62.70 23.40 57.50
Bottom 1.80 16.50 4.70 2.40 0.00 7.20 1.40 2.50 3.10 60.20 25.90 43.30

Conductivity mS/cm

09-01-2024 05-02-2024 06-03-2024 01-04-2024 06-05-2024 04-06-2024 02-07-2024 06-08-2024 04-09-2024 08-10-2024 04-11-2024 02-12-2024
Top 3.44 19.44 56.80 52.70 25.08 13.51 1.35 18.47 20.51 37.51 47.42 33.59
Bottom 6.79 51.60 53.70 55.00 49.47 44.47 41.28 52.20 48.69 40.46 47.28
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