Territory Stories

Darwin Harbour in good health

Details:

Title

Darwin Harbour in good health

Member

Westra Van Holthe, Willem

Political affiliation

Country Liberals

Collection

Media Releases for 12th Assembly 2012 - 2016; Media Releases; ParliamentNT

Date

2015-03-04

Location

Darwin

Notes

Made available by via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)

Language

English

Subject

Oceans; Marine life

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

File type

application/pdf

Use

Issued as a Media Release

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/254788

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/528215

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/528211; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/528213

Page content

25 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Dissolved Oxygen (% saturation) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 Chlorophyll a ( g/L) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Nitrogen Oxides ( g/L) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Ammonia ( g/L) 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 Total Nitrogen ( g/L) 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Total Phosphorus ( g/L) 0 2 4 6 8 10 Filterable Reactive Phosphorus ( g/L) 30 32 34 36 38 40 Salinity (ppt) 25.0 25.5 26.0 26.5 27.0 27.5 28.0 28.5 29.0 Temperature (C) 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.8 8.0 8.2 pH 0 5 10 15 20 25 Turbidity (NTU) Figure 9 - Water quality indicators measured in Elizabeth River estuary Box Plots show 5th, 10th, 25th, Median, 75th, 90th and 95th percentiles 25