meth_2.29 Environment Protection Agency Victoria Water Quality Monitoring Methods AM0001

Contributor: Environment Protection Agency Victoria

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AM Project ID: AM0001

The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Victoria water quality monitoring data for Port Phillip Bay sites is publicly available here:

EPA Port Phillip Bay Water Quality Data 1984 – 2022 – Dataset – Victorian Government Data Directory

This dataset consists of water quality data collected from EPA Victoria Marine Fixed Site Network within Port Phillip Bay. Contains water sample data on a range of nutrients and physical parameters, pertaining to water quality. Data collected monthly, where possible, at known fixed locations (sites) in surface waters.

For the Australian Coastal Microbial Observing Network (ACMON; AM0001) project, metadata parameters harvested include:

chlorophyll a, secchi disk depth, dissolved oxygen, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), salinity, water temperature, turbidity, pH, total suspended solids, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, NOX, orthophosphate, silica.

for sites:

For consistency with the AM database, unit conversions are conducted for some parameters using the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) conventions (https://www.ices.dk/data/tools/Pages/Unit-conversions.aspx; detailed in Table 2.29_1).

Table 2.29_1

* Molecular Weight of Nitrogen = 14.006720, Molecular Weight of Phosphorous = 30.973762, Molecular Weight of O2 = 31.998, Molecular Weight of SiO2 = 60.0843