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Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

Melbourne

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ME_DDN015 Dandenong Catchment

Wednesday 28th March 2018 14:00pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
86.3%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
220µS/cm
pH
7.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.03mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
25° C
Temperature - WATER
19° C
Turbidity - NTU
28NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 10.00
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear,Muddy
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
< 2m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
plastic,waxed cardboard

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Poor 2 Fair 6 Fair 6 Good 4 Poor 4 22

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 4
Image
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 3
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 18
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 30
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 3
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 2
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 40
Image
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 4
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 5
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 135 Total score: 46 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

Physical Chemical Trends

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