Waikawa Estuary Fine Scale Monitoring 2012/13 Technical Report
- Author
- Robertson, B., Stevens L.
- Year
- 2013
- Publisher / Organisation
- Environment Southkland
- Month
- August
- Pages
- 24
- Keywords
- Waikawa, Southland, estuary, fine scale monitoring, Catlins
- Summary
- This report summarises the results of the baseline 2005-2008 and 2013 fine scale monitoring of two intertidal sites within Waikawa Estuary, a 760ha tidal lagoon estuary, located on the Catlins coast. It is one of the key estuaries in Environment Southland’s (ES’s) long-term coastal monitoring programme. The fine scale monitoring results, condition ratings, overall estuary condition, and monitoring and management recommendations are summarised below.