Site Visit #219641 28-11-2011 | CO_WLD090: Wild Dog Creek 1, Wild Dog Creek Rd near GOR

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CO_WLD090 Otway Coast Catchment

Monday 28th November 2011 11:05am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

92%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

9mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

200µS/cm

pH

7pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.06mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

19° C

Temperature - WATER

15° C

Turbidity - FTU

10FTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Cloudy

Last rainfall

During the last week 20

Flow estimate

Rapid

Water Appearance

Milky

Stream depth

0 - 50cm

Stream width

2m - 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Blackwood, blue gum, manna gum, other gums. Watercress, fireweed, nasturtium, couch Grey wagtail

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Excellent ⁵	Fair ⁶	Good ⁸	Excellent ⁵	Fair ⁶	Good ³⁰

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
a. Family Curculionidae (weevils)	3	20
Freshwater shrimp	5	2
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	340
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)	7	500
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	80
Leeches (Hirudinea)	3	1
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta)	1	1

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

Total abundance: 945 Total score: 27 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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