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MPVA04 - Dam in Dunns Creek catchment/Trib of Coolart Creek

Melbourne

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ME_ECO450 Bunyip River Catchment

Tuesday 10th August 2010 9:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1300µS/cm
pH
6.1pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
8.4° C
Temperature - WATER
9.2° C
Turbidity - NTU
10NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
Not Flowing
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
>2m
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 100
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Freshwater shrimp 5 5
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
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Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
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Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 15
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Water mites (Acarina) 5 15
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Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 4
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 15
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Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 0 3
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 209 Total score: 46 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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