Observation details

Overview

Estuary Hopkins River Estuary
Site Site two (Riverboat Cruise Pontoon)
Observation ID #11625
Date and Time Friday 17th November 2017 18:20pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Green murky slime (algal bloom) clearly visible on water surface.

Depth Profiling

Depth m Temperature °C Salinity ppt D.O. mg/L D.O. % sat EC mS/cm Notes
0.1m 22.80 17.30 14.67 188.0 28.16 Extreamly high DO
Previous 17.8 9.9 8.7 96.2 16.8
Median 17.8 17.50 10.01 104.70 28.3
0.5m 22.60 18.50 14.10 179.8 29.85 Obvious algal bloom
Previous 13.8 0.9 9.2 89.0 1.9
Median 14.0 17.50 10.01 104.70 28.3
1.0m 21.70 19.70 10.72 137.1 31.60
Previous 15.7 30.7 8.0 96.2 47.0
Median 16.6 23.60 7.97 88.50 37.4
1.5m 20.00 20.90 5.69 69.8 33.30
Previous 13.9 1.3 8.9 88.5 2.7
Median 16.6 23.20 7.90 88.40 36.6
2.0m 17.10 32.40 6.08 76.7 49.52
Previous 15.6 33.9 7.5 91.5 51.5
Median 16.6 30.30 5.84 71.60 46.6
2.5m 17.00 32.80 5.86 73.7 49.94
Previous 13.5 29.5 8.4 96.4 46.0
Median 16.6 29.50 5.59 67.30 46.0

Top-Bottom Sampling

Depth m Turbidity NTU pH
Top 0.1 33 8.9
Previous 0.1 9 8.4
Median 0.1 12 8.2
Bottom 2.7 21 8.5
Previous 3.0 9 8.2
Median 3.0 18 7.9

Other details

Max depth 2.80
Previous 3.10
Median 3.10
Flow estimate N/A

Observation Documents

Link Date File name Description

Preceding Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Creative Commons CC BY
All content, files, data and images provided by the EstuaryWatch Data Portal and Gallery are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License

Content is made available to be used in any way, and should always attribute EstuaryWatch and www.estuarywatch.org.au