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Gardiners Creek upstream of Blackburn Lake, at Pobblebonk point, adjacent to Vegemite Creek

Melbourne

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ME_YGR006 Yarra River Catchment

Sunday 7th January 2018 10:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.08mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
18.33%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
1.5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
240µS/cm
pH
6.9pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.02608mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
21° C
Temperature - WATER
25.5° C
Turbidity - FTU
44FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
More than a week ago
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
1m - 2m
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,oil,plastic,polystyrene

Habitat

Su Dempsey, Anne Payne, John Shortridge, Thanushri Peiris.

Birds: 6 Pacific Ducks, 1 Coot

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 6 Fair 3 Poor 4 22

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 4
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 10
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 90
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: 106 Total score: 23 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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