Skip to content
 
WaterWatch Data Portal
Volunteer Login
  1. Find My Waterway
  2. Catchments
  3. Yarra River Catchment
  4. ME_YLY070
  5. Site visits
  6. 10-12-2002

Little Yarra River: Immediately upstream of bridge at Caulfied Grammar School, suburb?

Melbourne

DOWNLOAD DATA   

ME_YLY070 Yarra River Catchment

Tuesday 10th December 2002 14:00pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7.1mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
90µS/cm
Nitrate - Nitrogen
0.26mg/L
pH
6.6pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - WATER
20° C
Turbidity - NTU
26NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Last rainfall
 
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
 
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
 

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 16
Image
Chironomids 1 5
Image
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 2
Image
Water-boatmen 4 5
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
Image
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 38
Image
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 11
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 3
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 103 Total score: 34 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Last data:
We acknowledge and respect Victorian Traditional Owners as the original custodians of Victoria’s land and waters, their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it.
We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices.
Creative Commons CC BY All content, files, data and images provided by the WaterWatch Data Portal subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License Data portal by CeRDI