This dataset contains ten lake water quality variables based on measurements made at monitored lake sites: chlorophyll-a, nitrate-nitrogen, total nitrogen, ammoniacal nitrogen, dissolved reactive phosphorus, total phosphorus, Escherichia coli, water clarity, and lake trophic level index (TLI3 and TLI4). This dataset includes: - Median values for the period 2013 to 2017 - For selected indicators, how these values compare to the National Objectives Framework (NOF) (MfE, 2017) bands related to ecosystem health When nitrogen and phosphorus accumulate above certain concentrations in lakes (referred to as ‘nutrient enrichment’), they can stimulate excessive growth of algae and cyanobacteria. Chlorophyll-a is a measure of the phytoplankton (algae) biomass. The lake trophic level index (TLI) indicates the health of a lake based on concentrations of three variables:
· total nitrogen
· total phosphorus
Water clarity is a measure of underwater visibility. Lakes with poor clarity and TLI are poor habitats for some species of animals and plants, and they may not be suitable for recreation. Ammoniacal nitrogen can be toxic to aquatic life if concentrations are high enough.
More information on this dataset and how it relates to our environmental reporting indicators and topics can be found in the attached data quality pdf.
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|1.||Lake water quality 10 year trends raw data||167 KB||csv||
|2.||Lake water quality 20 year trends raw data||47.4 KB||csv||
|3.||Lake water quality 28 year trends raw data||23.8 KB||csv||
|4.||Lake water quality trends data quality||517 KB||
|Category||Environmental Reporting > Freshwater > Lakes|
|Tags||Environment Aotearoa 2019, EA2019|
|Columns||lake_id, np_id, n_obs, s, var_s, d, tau, z, p, probability, prop_censored, prop_unique, no_censorlevels, median, sen_var_s, annual_sen_slope, intercept, lci, uci, analysis_note, sen_probability, probabilitymax, probabilitymin, percent_annual_change, trend_category, trend_direction, seasonal, season, direction_conf, rcid, lakename, subregion, nzmge, nzmgn, nzreach, altitude, alt_bin, longaxis, meandepth, maxdepth, depth_bin, area, perimeter, circularity, laketype, period, np_id_units, trend_category2, direction_conf_likely, percent_annual_change2, np_id_name, long, lat|
|Services||Web Feature Service (WFS), Catalog Service (CS-W), data.govt.nz Atom Feed|
|Added||16 Apr 2019|
|Revisions||4 - Browse all revisions|
|Current revision||Imported on April 16, 2019 from CSV .|