Waikanae Estuary: 2021/2022 Intertidal Sediment Monitoring Summary

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Waikanae Estuary: 2021/2022 Intertidal Sediment Monitoring Summary preview
  • Published Date Wed 01 Jun 2022

Author: Leigh Stevens, Salt Ecology

The sedimentation rate over the past 10 years shows an overall trend of deposition and a relatively consistent moderately elevated sediment mud content. The upper estuary remains under pressure from fine sediment impacts, with a macrofaunal community likely dominated by mud tolerant species. These monitoring results reinforce previous recommendations to manage fine sediment inputs to the estuary.

Updated July 28, 2022 at 1:29 PM