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Grace Burn at Queens Park off Don Road, Healesville

Melbourne

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ME_YGC180 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 20th October 2017 10:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
81.23%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8.5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
60µS/cm
Nitrate NO3
0.23mg/L
pH
6.7pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.04mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
15.5° C
Temperature - WATER
13.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
9.36NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
 

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 100
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 1
Image
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 200
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 50
Image
Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) 6 1
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 50
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 50
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 464 Total score: 47 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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