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Fish Creek, where it crosses Meeniyan- Fish Creek Rd, GC

West Gippsland

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WG_FSC001 South Gippsland Catchment

Thursday 2nd September 1999 12:00pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Electrical Conductivity
550µS/cm
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.06mg/L P
Total Phosphorus
0.11mg/L P
Turbidity - NTU
2NTU

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Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
a. Family Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish or yabbies) a. Family Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish or yabbies) 5 15
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 7
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Freshwater shrimp 5 5
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 8
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 3
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Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 2
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1000
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 2
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 1048 Total score: 32 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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