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Average turbidity (NTU) and yearly median 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

2.1

2.8

1.1

1.9

0.9

1.7

1.7

Black River

8.9

3.9

3.8

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.4

Little Musselroe River

4.0

5.4

1.6

6.7

3.5

3.9

3.4

Port Sorell

39.9

6.6

5.4

-

4.8

3.1

5.4

Mersey River

12.0

3.6

13.3

-

6.3

3.1

5.5

Boobyalla Inlet

16.9

13.2

4.2

4.5

4.2

8.2

6.9

Duck Bay

21.0

17.6

7.0

8.7

6.0

12.2

8.3

Don River

50.0

9.8

125.3

-

8.1

4.5

8.6

Bruny

Cloudy Bay

1.2

0.9

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.4

1.0

Browns River

56.0

1.8

3.9

5.0

5.1

3.1

3.2

Davey

Cockle Creek

3.5

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.4

Catamaran River

3.1

1.2

1.2

2.0

1.1

2.0

1.5

Franklin

Pieman River

2.9

9.8

1.8

1.6

4.6

2.6

2.6

Arthur River

10.5

5.2

8.2

2.5

2.9

4.3

4.5

Nelson Bay River

6.2

10.7

5.9

4.2

1.3

3.1

5.2

Freycinet

Great Swanport

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.8

1.4

Grants Lagoon

1.2

1.3

2.7

2.2

1.7

1.2

1.5

Ansons Bay

1.4

2.6

1.8

5.3

1.7

0.8

1.7

Douglas River

8.0

1.4

1.6

2.1

1.4

2.1

1.7

Little Swanport

1.8

1.5

2.1

2.3

3.3

2.1

1.8

Earlham Lagoon

3.7

1.8

2.0

2.1

3.0

0.9

2.0

Meredith River

14.8

0.9

2.5

3.4

3.5

0.9

2.6

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

  2. Draft indicator levels for turbidity (NTU), 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., in preparation


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