Coastal Water Quality (Greater Wellington Region)

Physical and chemical monitoring of coastal water in the Greater Wellington region for the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Sampling sites are located in Lake Onoke and Porirua Harbour.

Sampling frequency = monthly (outgoing and low-mid tide where possible). Sampling began in 2010 and is ongoing.

Number of sites = 7-8 total.

Number of replicates = 1 per site.

Measured variables = Water quality: salinity, conductivity, DO%, DOmg/l, temp, PH, E coli, Enterococci, TP, DRP, TKN, NO2, NO3, NNN, NH4, Chlorophyll a, turbidity, suspended solids, volatile SS, TOC.

Sampling protocol & QA = Internal field monitoring protocol and QA procedures. Water samples taken from top 0.5m of water column.

 
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. Coastal Water Quality (Greater Wellington Region). https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/a0c5cd45-3f3b-49f2-8f0f-a7074054d934
 

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Date
Credit
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Status
On going

  Point of contact

  +64 4 385 6960 
Website
Greater Wellington Regional Council  

Link to the Greater Wellington Regional Council website

Keywords
  • marine estuarine coastal water column physical chemistry visual observation
Specific usage
MEMP

 

Use limitation
Restricted. Permission of Greater Wellington Regional Council required for release of data and reports.
Access constraints
Restricted
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Description
Lake Onoke and Porirua Harbour
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S
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W


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Point of truth URL of this metadata record  

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Dataset
Statement

Quality assurance was imposed on methods.

Temporal data were in NZST.

Origin from which minimum and maximum values are measured: mean low water neap tide

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a0c5cd45-3f3b-49f2-8f0f-a7074054d934   XML
Date stamp
2012-08-08T08:14:51
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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