Flow-MER Lower Murray River salt and nutrient export (loads and concentrations)

Brief description

Water quality parameters expressed as concentrations as the total export from the Murray-Darling Basin contained within all water sources (total combined natural flows plus managed environmental water). Data are collected to calibrate transport models by the Lower-Murray Selected Area for as part of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's (CEWH) Flow-MER program.

Total daily concentrations for:
* Salinity (practical salinity units)
* Phosphate
* Particulate Organic Phosphorus
* Ammonium
* Particulate Organic Nitrogen
* Dissolved Silica
* Chlorophyll a

The CEWH’s Flow-MER program examines the contribution of Commonwealth environmental water to the environmental objectives of the Basin Plan 2012 (Basin Plan) and is assisting the CEWH to demonstrate environmental outcomes and adaptively manage the water holdings. Monitoring and evaluation is focused in seven Selected Areas: the Junction of the Warrego and Darling rivers, Gwydir river system, Lachlan river system, Murrumbidgee river system, Edward/Kolety-Wakool river system, Goulburn River and Lower Murray River.

This Flow-MER data set includes and extends the long-term data collected at the same sites during the Long Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) project (2014-2019).


###Acknowledgement

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and Flow-MER program acknowledge the First Nations peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands, waterways and skies of the Murray-Darling Basin. We respect their continuing connection to culture and Country, and we thank them for their knowledge and science and the values reflected in these data.

###Citation
CEWH (2024) Flow-MER Lower Murray salt and nutrient export (loads/concentrations), Flow-MER Program. Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Sourced from https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/flow-mer-lower-murray-salt-and-nutrient-export on [date-sourced].

Full description

Lower Murray salt and nutrient transport LOADS -
Metadata description for Lower Murray salt and nutrient loads - Metadata
Lower Murray salt and nutrient CONCENTRATIONS - Concentrations in the Lower Murrray of:\r\n\r\n* Salinity (tonnes of salt)\r\n* Phosphate\r\n* Particulate Organic Phosphorus\r\n* Ammonium\r\n* Particulate Organic Nitrogen\r\n* Dissolved Silica\r\n* Chlorophyll a
Metadata description for Lower Murray salt and nutrient concentrations - Metadata