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Assessment of the ecological condition of freshwater streams in the Darwin Region 2001

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Title

Assessment of the ecological condition of freshwater streams in the Darwin Region 2001,

Other title

Evidence from a survey of macroinvertebrate communities and water quality in the early dry season 2001,

Creator

Dostine, Peter L.,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books, Report no. 43/2002,

Date

2002-11,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., The focus of this assessment is benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and the measurement of complementary water quality variables. This study aims to develop this capacity and to provide preliminary assessment of the ecological health of stream systems in the Darwin area. The study area includes the Darwin Harbour catchment and the catchments of creeks and rivers eastward to the Howard River which enter Shoal Bay to the north-east of Darwin.,

Table of contents

Executive summary -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices,

Language

English,

Subject

Northern Territory, Darwin Region, Environmental aspects, Environmental monitoring -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region, Rivers, Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region, Water -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region -- Sampling, Water, Sampling, Environmental monitoring,

Publisher name

Northern Territory. Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment,

Place of publication

Darwin (N.T.),

Series

Report no. 43/2002,

Format

40 pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265120,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/461072