Site Visit #2311804 08-01-2017 | ME_YED030: Edgars Creek at the Waterfall, Ronald St, Coburg

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ME_YED030 Yarra River Catchment

Sunday 8th January 2017 9:00am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium

0mg/L NH4+

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

61.81%

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

5mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

1040µS/cm

pH

8.1pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.03mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

32° C

Temperature - WATER

26° C

Turbidity - NTU

9NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Cloudy

Last rainfall

During the last week

Flow estimate

MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow

Water Appearance

Clear

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis)	6	25
	c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)	4	21
	c. Family Sphaeriidae and Family Corbiculidae (basket and pea shells)	4	2
	c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches)	1	1
	e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph)	2	8
	g. Family Chironomidae (chironomids - True Fly larvae)	3	21
	j. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (little diving beetles)	1	2
	q. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Triplectides (stick caddis)	4	4
	t. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Notalina (Headbanger caddis)	6	15
ALT Signal Score		3.33
Weighted ALT Signal Score		3.89

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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