Site Visit #2017113 25-03-2003 | ME_YML150: Mullum off The Parkway,Templestowe, reserve near bridge

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ME_YML150 Yarra River Catchment

Tuesday 25th March 2003 14:00pm Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

7.2mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

340µS/cm

Nitrate - Nitrogen

0.26mg/L

pH

7.3pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.12mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

22° C

Temperature - WATER

17° C

Turbidity - NTU

57NTU

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
Chironomids	1	6
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult)	2	10
Freshwater shrimp	5	25
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys)	4	3
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult)	0	38
Water-boatmen	4	100
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	9
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	1
Flatworms (Turbellaria)	3	50
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	6
Roundworms (Nematoda)	3	3
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta)	1	5

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

Total abundance: 258 Total score: 21 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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Mininum standard

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