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  6. 28-08-2005

Back Creek, top of Sth Surray Park, 5m upstream drain near cnr Arundel and Anderson

Melbourne

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ME_YBC003 Yarra River Catchment

Sunday 28th August 2005 10:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7.2mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1320µS/cm
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.045mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
17.5° C
Temperature - WATER
13° C
Turbidity - NTU
20NTU

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Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 20
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Chironomids 1 50
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h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 4
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 6
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Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 2
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 3
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 49
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 29
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 163 Total score: 16 Overall rating: Poor

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