NIWA - Metadata Catalogue
Saline Water Quality Monitoring - Regional Status and Trends (Auckland Region)
Water quality monitoring of harbours and coastal waters within the Auckland region for Auckland Regional Council.
Sampling frequency = monthly.
Sampling began in 1986 (not at all sites) and is ongoing.
Number of sites = 36 total: East Coast (x9), Kaipara Harbour (x7), Manukau Harbour (x7), Waitemata Harbour (x11), Tamaki Estuary (x2).
Number of replicates = 1.
Measured variables = Salinity, conductivity, DO%, DOmg/l, temp, PH (YSI meter), Enterococci, TP, DRP, TKN, NNN, TN, NO3, NO2, chlorophyll a, chloride, turbidity, suspended solids, ammoniacal nitrogen and total oxidisable inorganic nitrogen (external lab).
Water samples taken from top 0.5m of water column on the falling tide, just after high water.
Sampling protocol & QA = Internal sampling protocol, samples are collected by helicopter or boat.
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Citation proposal
. Saline Water Quality Monitoring - Regional Status and Trends (Auckland Region). https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/19c050f2-2403-4d99-952e-572a50c9d79c |
Simple
- Date
- Credit
- Auckland Council
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
- Keywords
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- marine estuarine coastal water column chemistry physical visual observation core
- Specific usage
- MEMP
- Use limitation
- Restricted. Permission of client required (Auckland) to release data/reports from University of Auckland
- Classification
- Restricted
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Description
- East Coast, Kaipara Harbour, Manukau Harbour, Waitemata Harbour and Tamaki Estuary.
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- OnLine resource
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- OnLine resource
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Link to the Auckland Council technical reports webpage for the 2008 Water quality data report.
Link to the Auckland Council technical reports webpage for the 2008 Water quality data report.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Quality assurance was imposed on methods.
Geographic data used NZTM (LINZ). Temporal data were in NZST.
Data collection information: Water sample from top 0.5m of water column
Origin from which minimum and maximum values are measured: chart datum
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 19c050f2-2403-4d99-952e-572a50c9d79c XML
- Date stamp
- 2012-08-08T15:00:31
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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