This record summarises the state of the environment monitoring for Waimea Estuary.Waimea Estuary was one of the estuaries used during the initial development of the Estuary Monitoring Protocol (EMP)

Temporal coverage: from 2011 (ongoing)

Number of sites: 4

Sampling Frequency: 5 yearly

Main marine environment sampled: Estuarine

Depth zone: Intertidal

Sediment type: Soft

Community association: Mudflats

Sampling method: Sediment cores, infauna cores, photos, field observation

Parameters collected: Infauna/epifauna communities, physical parameters, benthic microalgae, benthic macroalgae

Measured variables: epifauna/infauna diversity & abundances Metals, TN, TP, AFDW, Grain-size, Chl-a, , RPD layer, and in 2001 % cover of macroalgae

Species/Community data: Benthic invertebrates, and in 2001 macroalgae (? 0.5 mm)

Other data collected: unknown

Collection: ongoing

Quality assurance: Unknown