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Plenty River, close to Yarra/Plenty River bike trail, off Bannockburn Road Lower Plenty.

Melbourne

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ME_YPL920 Yarra River Catchment

Saturday 10th July 2010 10:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen
0.02mg/L
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
10mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
420µS/cm
Filterable Reactive Phosphorus
0.02mg/L P
Nitrate - Nitrogen
mg/L
pH
8.3pH Units
Temperature - AIR
15.4° C
Temperature - WATER
10.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
60NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Windy
Last rainfall
Last 24 hrs
Flow estimate
Slower flow downstream from the bridge where the river becomes wider
Water Appearance
 
Stream depth
15.00
Stream width
2.25
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 N/A
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d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 N/A
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Freshwater shrimp 5 N/A
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 N/A
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 N/A
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Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 N/A
Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) 3 N/A
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 N/A
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Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 N/A
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Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 0 N/A
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Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 N/A
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Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) 6 N/A
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Water mites (Acarina) 5 N/A
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Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 N/A
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Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 N/A
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 N/A
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 N/A
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Hydra (Hydrozoa) 4 N/A
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Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 N/A
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Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 N/A
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Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 N/A
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 N/A
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Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 N/A
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Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 N/A
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Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 0 N/A
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 N/A
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 0 Total score: 0 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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