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  6. 14-08-2006

Five Mile Creek

Melbourne

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ME_YFM005 Yarra River Catchment

Monday 14th August 2006 14:30pm Approved
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Physical Chemical Tests

Electrical Conductivity
1140µS/cm
pH
8.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.04mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
17° C
Temperature - WATER
13° C
Turbidity - NTU
20NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
Other: cloudy
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
h. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Australphilus (Beetle adult) h. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Australphilus (Beetle adult) 0 10
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 3
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 5
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 4
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 2
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 3
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 100
Image
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 6
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 138 Total score: 31 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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