Site Visit #2016820 09-04-2003 | ME_YYR365: Yarra River, immediately upstream of Don River, Launching Place

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ME_YYR365 Yarra River Catchment

Wednesday 9th April 2003 12:00pm Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

9mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

50µS/cm

Nitrate - Nitrogen

0.12mg/L

pH

6.7pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.003mg/L P

Temperature - WATER

15.5° C

Turbidity - NTU

21NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Last rainfall

Flow estimate

Water Appearance

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)	0	2
Freshwater shrimp	5	17
Water-boatmen	4	12
Water-striders	4	3
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	13
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)	7	21
Water mites (Acarina)	5	10
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	3
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta)	1	1

	Total bug score
Total abundance	0 - 35	35+
0 - 200	Poor	Good
200+	Fair	Very good

Total abundance: 84 Total score: 27 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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