Water Quality of the Peel Harvey Estuary
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Methods
3.0 Results
3.1 Temperature
3.2 Salinity
3.3 Dissolved oxygen
3.4 pH
3.5 Light
3.6 Chlorophyll a
3.7 Nutrients
3.7.1 Filterable reactive phosphorus
3.7.2 Organic phosphorus
3.7.3 Nitrate-nitrite
3.7.4 Ammonium
3.7.5 Organic nitrogen
3.7.6 Orthosilicates
4.0 Discussion
4.1 Salinity
4.2 Stratification and dissolved oxygen
4.3 Chlorophyll a and water clarity
4.4 Organic nutrients
4.5 Inorganic nutrients
5.0 Conclusion
6.0 References
Appendix 1