Table 1. Values for environmental parameters in 2008 and 2009.
| Environmental parameter | 1 month prior to dis. peak 2008 | 2 wks prior to dis. peak 2008 | Disease peak 2008 | 1 month prior to dis. peak 2009 | 2 wks prior to dis. peak 2009 | Disease peak 2009 | ||||||
| NB | GB | NB | GB | NB | GB | NB | GB | NB | GB | NB | GB | |
| Salinity | 33.1 | 31.7 | 32.2 | 20.8 | 28.3 | 19.0 | 20.1 | |||||
| Temp (°C) | 30.2 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 31.7 | ||||||
| Rainfall (mm) Dec-Apr | 1187.0 | 1901.6 | ||||||||||
| Sedimentation (ash-free dry weight mg cm−2 day−1) | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | |||
| Suspended solids (mg L−1) | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.4 | |
| Dissolved Organic Carbon (µM C) | 70.2 | 74.5 | 85.1 | 196.4 | 116.09 | 101.7 | 103.4 | 106.5 | 126.5 | 146.1 | 156.2 | |
| Chlorophyll- a (µg L−1) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| Particulate Organic Carbon (µM C) | 14.4 | 12.4 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 26.9 | 18.5 | 21.8 | 39.8 | 22.2 | |||
| Particulate Nitrogen (µM N) | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.79 | 2.07 | 2.5 | 1.8 | |
| Particulate Phosphorus (µM P) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Values for the ten environmental parameters measured one month and two weeks prior to and during the disease outbreaks of 2008 and 2009. Values represent means of two samples at each study site (NB = Nelly Bay, GB = Geoffrey Bay).