range of values measured was 8.2 8.4 at all stations

except Stations 6 10. At Stations 6 and 8 the range

was from 8.1 to 8.4; at Station 9, 8.1 to 8.5 and at

Station 10, 8.0 to 8.4.

Water Clarity

 Water clarity is the single most variable water quality

 indicator in the Benner Ray-Lagoon area. Basically, all of

 Benner Bay, and to a lesser extent the channels from Benner

 Bay weRt to the Lagoon and southeast to Jersey Bay, have

 poor water clarity and color. In these areas the bottom is

 typically not visible. Secchi depth is as little as 0.25

 meters, the water contains dispersed fine particulate matter.

 and the color is brown, greyish brown or greenish brown.

 Quantitative data for water clarity and color are in

 Tables 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14.

 The bottom is never visible at Stations 6, 7, 0 and

9 in Denner Bay even though the depth at all these points

is less than 2.5 meters. In contrast, the bottom could

always be seen at Stations 3 and 5 and it was (except

following mud-laden flood run-off) always visible at

Stations 1, 4, 10 and 11 (Figure 4).

 Following flooding on May 9th to 10th, Secchi depths

were first reduced at those stations nearest the sites of


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