Site Visit #2319826 07-06-2018 | ME_MGH450: Garden Hut Creek @ Old Wier Kolora

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ME_MGH450 Maribyrnong River Catchment

Thursday 7th June 2018 15:00pm Approved

Notes

Water Conditions

Weather

Cloudy

Last rainfall

During the last 24 hours 0.40

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

1m - 2m

Stream width

> 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

The last substantial rains were 29/30 May of 33,4 mm and 10th to 12th May of 62.6 mm. This monitoring site did not dry out during summer

Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation	Overall
Fair ³	Fair ⁶	Fair ⁶	Fair ³	Fair ⁶	²⁴

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult)	2	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
	j. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (little diving beetles)	1	N/A
	l. Family Corixidae , Genus Sigara (striped boatman)	3	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

Diary photos

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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