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M1 Stanley Street

Active Physico-Chemical 27-10-2013 - 13-04-2024

Merri River Estuary

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ID Date Status Details
#14490 12 Feb 2022 Approved Notes:

This sampling took place from fishing pontoon 100m upstream of Stanley Street Bridge due to demolition of bridge. New bridge to be in place September 2022.

 

Royal spoonbills, White ibis, Pacific black duck and ducklings, Little pied cormorant, White faced herons.

 

J.Obst - great water quality and bird observations!  Very distinct salt wedge on the bottom layer which is interesting - shown through Salinity/EC as expected, but also low turbidity down deep due to the clearer nature of sea water vs cloudier freshwater.  Great work!
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 20.0 8.3 20.10 1.80 12.26 134.5 3.46
1.5m 20.0 8.1 19.60 29.60 1.99 26.9 45.50
#14398 11 Dec 2021 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.7 17.50 2.30 4.86 51.6 4.34
1.5m 9.0 8.1 16.50 30.00 5.75 74.3 46.15
#14345 13 Nov 2021 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 6.9 14.40 1.10 4.55 44.9 2.19
1.4m 9.0 7.1 14.40 1.10 4.38 43.2 2.19
#14311 9 Oct 2021 Approved Notes:

Chestnut teal, Swallows, Greater cormorant.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 12.5 7.8 15.20 1.70 8.61 86.3 3.19
1.8m 12.5 8.0 13.80 31.30 7.04 81.0 47.98
#14281 11 Sep 2021 Approved Notes:

Chestnut teal (pair), Greater cormorant.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 10.0 7.6 14.10 1.30 6.86 66.6 2.47
1.5m 10.0 7.8 13.90 17.00 6.62 72.8 28.09
#14241 14 Aug 2021 Approved
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 21.0 7.0 10.90 0.50 5.63 51.1 1.06
2.0m 21.0 7.7 10.90 0.50 5.16 46.4 1.06
#14201 10 Jul 2021 Approved Notes:

Greater Cormorants, Little Black Cormorants, Little Pied Cormorant, Swans, Moor Hen.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.0 8.60 1.90 6.90 61.3 3.49
2.0m 9.0 8.0 11.60 21.70 4.96 51.7 34.65
#14160 12 Jun 2021 Approved Notes:

Greater cormorant (2), Lesser black cormorant, Lesser pied cormorant (2), Chestnut teal, Pacific black duck.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.4 11.00 1.60 7.70 70.0 2.18
1.7m 9.0 7.6 12.70 8.90 0.90 9.2 23.09
#14124 8 May 2021 Approved Notes:

Litte Pied Cormorants, Black-faced Cormorants, Moor hen, White Ibis, Pacific Black Duck.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.2 14.60 1.50 13.80 136.0 2.33
1.5m 9.0 7.6 15.30 14.80 3.00 28.7 19.80
#14120 10 Apr 2021 Approved Notes:

Black Swans, Straw Necked Ibis, Pacific Black Duck, Chestnut Teal, Little Pied Cormorants.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.7 16.30 90.1 29.02
2.0m 9.0 7.6 16.90 55.7 36.78
#14025 20 Mar 2021 Approved Notes:

Flock of Swallows, Mudlark x 1, Pacific Duck x 2.White Ibis, Masked Lapwing x2

Straw necked Ibis small flock, Moorhen x 4

Minnows visible
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 6.9 19.20 2.80 5.15 56.5 3.94
1.5m 9.0 7.6 19.70 32.30 1.17 15.2 44.78
#13992 20 Feb 2021 Approved Notes:

Birds Observed: Royal Spoonbills, Straw Necked Ibis, Chestnut Teal, Lapwings, Little Pied Cormorant, Great Egret, Moor Hen.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.9 22.20 3.40 6.42 72.3 6.14
1.5m 9.0 7.9 20.60 29.20 5.71 75.0 44.99
#13936 9 Jan 2021 Approved Notes:

Water murky.

Birds.  Great cormorant, pacific black duck.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.0 19.40 0.90 3.53 38.6 1.83
2.0m 9.0 7.6 19.30 0.90 2.88 31.4 1.84
#13899 12 Dec 2020 Approved Notes:

Chestnut Teal - many

Pacific Black duck - few

White Ibis - 3

Moorhen -1
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.6 17.40 1.10 3.98 41.7 2.51
1.2m 9.0 7.7 18.20 4.00 6.04 65.4 6.82
#13834 14 Nov 2020 Approved Notes:

Chestnut teal, Moorhen, Cormorant black little, Swallow, Pacific Black duck.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 12.5 7.6 18.20 2.10 5.70 61.9 3.85
1.9m 12.5 7.7 16.10 29.40 6.52 78.1 45.07
#13771 11 Jul 2020 Approved Notes:

Bird observations at site:

Little black and little pied comorant, greater cormorant

Dusky moorhen

Chestmut teal

Great egret

white-faced heron

LB corellas

swallows

pacific and kelp gulls

Australian stilts (black winged)
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.9 10.00 1.60 9.30 80.0 3.08
1.7m 9.0 7.4 12.90 25.80 6.19 68.3 40.43
#13725 20 Jun 2020 Approved Notes:

Chestnut Teal, Coots, Little Pied Cormorants.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 8.0 11.60 3.40 10.25 94.0 6.23
1.8m 9.0 7.7 13.90 33.20 8.93 105.9 50.60
#13637 14 Mar 2020 Approved Notes:

2 royal spoonbills

2 pied cormorants

1 ibis, white

3 dusky moorhens

pacific black duck

chestnut teal

2 black winged stilt 
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 15.0 6.9 15.70 31.10 5.24 64.6 47.82
1.4m 15.0 7.1 15.40 3.70 8.34 85.7 6.75
#13564 8 Feb 2020 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheahan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed: 2 Royal Spoonbills,

Pacific Black Docks_many

Chestnut Teal-few

Greater Egret

Grey Heron 1

Black Faced Cormorant.

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 29.0 7.4 20.80 3.40 9.88 112.5 6.24
1.3m 29.0 7.7 19.00 32.80 5.16 68.1 50.00
#13502 11 Jan 2020 Approved Notes:

Birds observed:

- 1 x Pied Cormorant

- Chestnut Teal

- Pacific Black Duck

- 1 x Great Cormorant

- 1 x Royal Spoonbill

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 7.3 16.30 6.20 71.3 32.93
1.5m 9.0 7.7 16.10 5.77 70.2 52.70
#13449 14 Dec 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of this monitoring session.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 9.0 6.1 16.90 8.90 6.63 72.9 15.80
1.5m 9.0 7.7 16.20 32.70 6.31 78.3 49.91
#13404 9 Nov 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Dissolved oxygen calibration took some time to settle.

Possible hazard emerging: decking timber showing rot at joins (2 places)

Birds observed: Black winged stilts (9), Pacific black ducks, chestnut teal and corella.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 10.0 7.2 13.90 1.20 8.18 79.5 2.36
1.9m 10.0 7.8 13.90 1.40 7.33 71.2 2.60
#13397 12 Oct 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed:Black winged stilts (pair), chestnut teal (35), dusky moor hens (pair), little pied cormorant and greater egret.
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 17.0 7.6 15.00 1.20 10.27 102.6 2.39
1.5m 17.0 7.9 14.40 1.20 9.51 94.9 2.39
#13318 14 Sep 2019 Approved Notes:

Water brown/ flow all out

no salt wedge

Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 23.0 7.1 12.20 0.60 6.41 61.0 1.21
1.4m 23.0 7.4 12.00 0.60 6.09 57.0 1.21
#13246 10 Aug 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan, Eleanor Cowell and James Cowell part of monitoring team.

Birds observed from bridge. 2 Great and 1 Pied Cormorants, Chestnut Teal several, 1 Australian Grebe, 1 Australian Coot, Grey Teal pair, Pacific Ducks several, Swamp Hens several
Depth Turb NTU pH Temp ° C Salin ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm
0.1m 12.0 8.0 9.20 0.20 9.50 80.8 1.10
2.0m 12.0 7.7 10.50 5.90 7.60 70.6 18.90
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