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Mean chlorophyll a (µg l-1) concentrations and yearly medians for estuaries, July-August 1999 (JA99) to May-June 2000 (MJ00), by bioregion and sampling event
   

Sample

Median

Bioregion

Estuary

JA99

SO99

ND99

JF00

MA00

MJ00

(JA99-MJ00)

Boags

East Inlet

0.1

0.0

4.4

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

Black River

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.4

Mersey River

0.8

0.3

3.1

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.5

Don River

2.5

0.7

25.6

17.6

0.7

0.1

0.8

Port Sorell

1.3

1.2

1.6

0.9

0.5

0.3

0.8

Little Musselroe River

1.6

0.6

0.0

33.2

2.5

2.0

1.1

Boobyalla Inlet

1.7

1.4

0.8

4.1

1.1

0.8

1.2

Duck Bay

2.9

2.0

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.5

Bruny

Cloudy Bay

2.3

0.9

0.3

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.7

Browns River

2.4

0.7

2.5

7.0

9.2

4.7

2.6

Davey

Catamaran River

0.0

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

Cockle Creek

0.7

1.2

0.6

0.1

1.1

0.8

0.4

Franklin

Pieman River

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

Nelson Bay River

0.0

0.1

0.0

3.4

1.5

0.0

0.0

Arthur River

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.0

Freycinet

Douglas River

0.1

1.0

0.7

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

Earlham Lagoon

0.9

0.2

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.1

0.4

Great Swanport

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.5

Little Swanport

0.7

0.3

1.2

2.4

6.1

1.1

1.1

Grants Lagoon

1.3

1.0

0.4

3.0

1.2

0.8

1.2

Meredith River

6.0

2.2

8.8

3.2

10.0

0.8

1.9

Ansons Bay

20.3

8.8

5.7

11.2

7.5

2.2

5.3

  1. Generally, n=6 for sample and n=36 for median.
     

  2. Draft indicator levels for Chlorophyll a (µg l-1) Tasmanian estuaries
     

low

medium

high

very high

0.0 to 2.0

2.1 to 5.0

5.1 to 10.0

>10.0

Source: Murphy et al. 2003


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