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Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge.

Melbourne

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ME_YDA558 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 16th November 2018 10:20am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
990µS/cm
pH
8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.01mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
17.8° C
Temperature - WATER
16° C
Turbidity - NTU
10NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 5.20
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
> 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
paper,plastic

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 45
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 2
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 61 Total score: 26 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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