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

49 Appendix 1 Predicting TSS from turbidity Values of TSS used in the Report Card and this report were calculated from turbidity using a TSS-turbidity relationship. The linear regression model used was based on a Darwin Harbour data set collected in 2012-13. The plot below shows the regression between total suspended solids concentrations and turbidity. Figure 21 - Relationship between Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and turbidity in Darwin Harbour, 2012 (n=21). Source: Mauraud, 2013. y = 1.252x + 4.9857 R = 0.8674 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 TS S (m g/ L) Turbidity (NTU)