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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 2nd February 2020 10:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
52.85%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
4.9mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
148µS/cm
pH
6.8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18° C
Temperature - WATER
19° C
Turbidity - FTU
56FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours 25.00
Flow estimate
STAGNANT: No continuous flow in channel but channel continuous (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
1m - 2m
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,plastic,waxed cardboard,polystyrene

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 15
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 4
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 21
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 3
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 45 Total score: 21 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

High water level and muddy water following good amount of rain in the last 1-3 days.
Reeds flowering
High water level
Not a monitoring site

Physical Chemical Trends

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