Site Visit #2319712 28-05-2018 | ME_MGH380: Garden Hut Creek @ Whitebridge Rd

ME_MGH380 Maribyrnong River Catchment

Monday 28th May 2018 15:00pm Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Cloudy

Last rainfall

More than a week ago 62.60

Flow estimate

LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)

Water Appearance

Clear,Stained brown

Stream depth

Stream width

2m - 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Good ⁴	Fair ⁶	²⁵

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	e. Phylum Turbellaria ( flatworms)	1	N/A
	f. Order Amphipoda (scuds, sideswimmers)	3	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, Genus Carabhydrus (waisted diving beetle)	7	N/A
	k. Family Dytiscidae, (crawling water tigers)	2	N/A
	l. Family Culicidae (mosquito larvae, wrigglers)	1	N/A
	l. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (stealth diving beetles)	1	N/A
	n. Family Leptoceridae, Species Lectrides varians (flat shack caddis)	4	N/A
	q. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Triplectides (stick caddis)	4	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 @ Whitebridge Rd