Site Visit #2319059 28-02-2018 | ME_MGH440: Garden Hut Creek @ Above Rapids Kolora

ME_MGH440 Maribyrnong River Catchment

Wednesday 28th February 2018 14:00pm Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Sunny

Last rainfall

More than a week ago

Flow estimate

Water Appearance

Stained brown

Stream depth

51cm - 99cm

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Good ⁴	Good ⁸	Good ⁸	Fair ³	Fair ⁶	²⁹

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	a. Family Curculionidae (weevils)	2	N/A
	b. Family Gerridae (water striders)	4	N/A
	b. Family Synlestidae (Damselfly nymph)	3	N/A
	d. Family Planorbidae, various genera (flat snails)	6	N/A
	f. Order Araneae ( fishing and wolf spiders)	5	N/A
	g. Family Gomphidae (gomphids - Dragonfly nymph)	5	N/A
	g. Order Acarina, (water mites)	5	N/A
	h. Family Notonectidae , Genus Enithares (robust backswimmers)	1	N/A
	h. Family Planorbidae, various genera (planorbids - snails)	2	N/A
	i. Family Dytiscidae, (two-tailed tigers)	2	N/A
	j. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (little diving beetles)	1	N/A
	m. Family Calocidae, Species Caenota plicata (shingle caddis)	9	N/A
ALT Signal Score
Weighted ALT Signal Score

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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Garden Hut Creek @ Above Rapids Kolora