Category Archives: Projects

Water Quality Bottom Lines for Brackish Lakes and Coastal Lagoons

January 10, 2015 Keith Hamill

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Keith at River Lake coordinated an expert panel to develop possible attributes and thresholds relevant to the ecosystem health of Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons (ICOLLs) and brackish lakes.

The work was undertaken for Ministry for the Environment to support the National Objectives Framework (NOF) in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM).

Read the report here.

Ecosystem Health Attributes for Brackish Lakes 2014.

Maketū Estuary, Projects

Maketu Estuary

Image July 16, 2014 Keith Hamill

Floating mats of the cyanobacteria Lyngbya sp. in an isolated section of the Maketu-Ongatoro Estuary. Reducing this cover of algae is one reason for the Kaituna River Re-Diversion Project (Bay of Plenty Regional Council).

Environmental Consultants