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  6. 20-02-2012

Dandenong Creek, immediately upstream of where OJ Creek joins Creek (?suburb?)

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ME_DDN028 Dandenong Catchment

Monday 20th February 2012 19:00pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.02mg/L NH4+
Electrical Conductivity
280µS/cm
pH
7.8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.05mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
21.6° C
Temperature - WATER
21° C
Turbidity - FTU
61FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week 15.2
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Please ignore above habitat survey, a survey was not conducted. i tis only filled in as I was not able to lodge the other data with out filling it in.
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 Degraded 8

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Freshwater shrimp 5 1
Image
Water-boatmen 4 2
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 7
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 11 Total score: 4 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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