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Cover page

Introduction

Nutrients

Water Quality Cycle

Stratification

Water Quality

Comparative data

Summary of Findings

References

 

Water Quality in Wilson Inlet from 1995 to 2002

References

Boughton, N. 1999. Wilson Inlet nutrient export to the ocean in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Report to Water and Rivers Commission, Western Australia.

Boughton, N. 2001. Estimation of Marine Water Exchange Caused by Dredging Options at Wilson Inlet. Report to Water and Rivers Commission, Western Australia.

Carruthers, T.J.B., Walker, D.I. and Wilshaw, J. 1997. Ecology of Ruppia megacarpa and its epiphytes in Wilson Inlet, the influence of physical factors. Report to Water and Rivers Commission, Western Australia. Department of Botany, University of Western Australia.

Fredericks, D.J. and Heggie, D.T. 2000. Are sediments a significant source of nutrients in Wilson Inlet? AGSO Professional Opinion 2000/04. Report to the National Eutrophication Management Program. Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra.

Hodgkin, E. and Clark, R. 1988. Wilson, Irwin and Parry Inlets the estuaries of the Shire of Denmark. Estuarine Studies Series No. 3. Environmental Protection Authority, Perth, Western Australia.

Ranasinghe, R. 1998. Dynamics of seasonally opened tidal inlets. PhD Thesis. Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Western Australia.

Thompson, P. and Twomey, L. 2000. The phytoplankton ecology of Wilson Inlet. Report to the National Eutrophication Management Program. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania.

Walker, D.I., Dudley, B., Carruthers, T.J.B. and Gahnstrom, A. 2001. Nutrient cycling by Ruppia megacarpa and epiphytes in Wilson Inlet. Report to the National Eutrophication Management Program. Department of Botany, University of Western Australia.

Water and Rivers Commission. 1998. Summary of Wilson Inlet studies from 1994 to 1997. Wilson Inlet Report to the Community No. 1.

Water and Rivers Commission. 1999. Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Tributary Inflows to the Wilson Inlet, Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission Report WRT 21.

Water and Rivers Commission. 1999. Summary of the estuarine monitoring programme conducted in Wilson Inlet 1995 to 1998. Wilson Inlet Report to the Community No. 2.

Water and Rivers Commission. 1999. Water Quality in Wilson Inlet 1995-1997. Water and Rivers Commission Report WRT 14.

Water and Rivers Commission. 2000. Summary of Wilson Inlet catchment monitoring program. Wilson Inlet Report to the Community No. 3.

Water and Rivers Commission. 2002. Managing the bar and Inlet. Wilson Inlet Report to the Community No. 6.

Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the Bureau of Meteorology for the supply of meteorological data, the Department of Transport for the supply of tide data, and Geoff Bastyan for undertaking the field sampling.

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