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MPVA15 - Dam in Devil Bend Creek catchment

Melbourne

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ME_EDV700 Bunyip River Catchment

Wednesday 21st April 2010 11:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.01mg/L NH4+
Copper
0mg/L
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
6mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
2900µS/cm
pH
8.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.25mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
21° C
Temperature - WATER
19.6° C
Turbidity - NTU
30NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
Raining Now
Flow estimate
Slow
Water Appearance
Oily,Other: greenish tinge
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 3
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Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) 6 1
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Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
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Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 3
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 3
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Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 14 Total score: 28 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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