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Sample |
Median |
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Bioregion |
Estuary |
JA99 |
SO99 |
ND99 |
JF00 |
MA00 |
MJ00 |
(JA99-MJ00) |
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Boags |
East Inlet |
2.1 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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Black River |
8.9 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
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Little Musselroe River |
4.0 |
5.4 |
1.6 |
6.7 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.4 |
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Port Sorell |
39.9 |
6.6 |
5.4 |
- |
4.8 |
3.1 |
5.4 |
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Mersey River |
12.0 |
3.6 |
13.3 |
- |
6.3 |
3.1 |
5.5 |
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Boobyalla Inlet |
16.9 |
13.2 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
8.2 |
6.9 |
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Duck Bay |
21.0 |
17.6 |
7.0 |
8.7 |
6.0 |
12.2 |
8.3 |
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Don River |
50.0 |
9.8 |
125.3 |
- |
8.1 |
4.5 |
8.6 |
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Bruny |
Cloudy Bay |
1.2 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
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Browns River |
56.0 |
1.8 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
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Davey |
Cockle Creek |
3.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
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Catamaran River |
3.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
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Franklin |
Pieman River |
2.9 |
9.8 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
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Arthur River |
10.5 |
5.2 |
8.2 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
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Nelson Bay River |
6.2 |
10.7 |
5.9 |
4.2 |
1.3 |
3.1 |
5.2 |
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Freycinet |
Great Swanport |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
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Grants Lagoon |
1.2 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
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Ansons Bay |
1.4 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
5.3 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
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Douglas River |
8.0 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
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Little Swanport |
1.8 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
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Earlham Lagoon |
3.7 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
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Meredith River |
14.8 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
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- Generally, n=6 for sample and n=36 for median
- Draft indicator levels for turbidity (NTU), Tasmanian estuaries:
low |
medium |
high |
very high |
0.0 to 2.0
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2.1 to 5.0
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5.1 to 10.0
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>10.0
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Source: Murphy et. al., in preparation
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