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Plenty River, close to Yarra/Plenty River bike trail, off Bannockburn Road Lower Plenty.

Melbourne

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ME_YPL920 Yarra River Catchment

Thursday 3rd March 2011 11:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
6mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
310µS/cm
Filterable Reactive Phosphorus
999mg/L P
pH
7.8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.07mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18.4° C
Temperature - WATER
17.7° C
Turbidity - NTU
34NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
Rapid
Water Appearance
Other: pale brown but clean looking
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,cans,plastic,polystyrene,other

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Chironomids 1 5
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d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 2
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 4
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 4
Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) 3 1
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Water mites (Acarina) 5 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 20 Total score: 25 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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