Bell Island Receiving Water Surveys
This record summarises a monitoring survey of receiving water from Bell Island regional sewerage outfall in Waimea Inlet and Tasman Bay. Benthic surveys are done at the same time.
Temporal coverage: from 2001 (ongoing)
Number of sites: 19 sites in Waimea Inlet, 4 sites at nearby Tahunanui & Rabbit Island beaches (2001), 12 in Waimea Inlet, 11 in Tasman Bay (2005), 12 in Waimea Inlet, 11 in Tasman Bay (2006), 13 in Waimea Inlet, 6 in Tasman Bay (2011)
Sampling Frequency = Irregular (2001, 2005, 2006, 2011)
Main marine environment sampled: Estuarine
Depth zone: N/A
Sediment type: Soft
Community association: Mudflats
Sampling method: Water samples, in-situ water measurements, shellfish samples, field observation
Parameters collected: Water chemistry, shellfish, water bacteriological analyses
Measured variables: Ammonia-N, Nitrate-N, Nitrite-N, TN, DIN, DRP, TP, Faecal coliforms (seawater and shellfish), enterococci (seawater and shellfish), salinity, temperature, chl-a, turbidity, phytoplankton
Species/Community data: Shellfish (cockles, tuatua, green-lipped mussels)
Other data collected: Benthic survey carried out at same time as this study
Collection: ongoing
Quality assurance: Yes
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- 6b12851c-b655-49e3-b974-17c130d97b4c XML
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- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL
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- eng
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- Oceans
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- Estuarine benthic soft chemistry visual observation
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- Not known if any constraints with reports/data
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- Cawthron Institute
- [email protected]
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- Cawthron Institute
- [email protected]
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- NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
- [email protected]
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- 2012-08-10T08:53:38
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