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Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

Melbourne

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ME_DDN015 Dandenong Catchment

Monday 9th October 2017 12:30pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.02mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
77.41%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7.8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
230µS/cm
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.01mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
16° C
Temperature - WATER
15° C
Turbidity - NTU
12NTU

Water Conditions

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

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Poor 4 Fair 6 Fair 3 Poor 4 20

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 30
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 40
Image
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 2
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 50
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 60
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 3
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 2
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 20
Image
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 30
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 270 Total score: 61 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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