Site Visit #2329177 16-04-2021 | ME_DDN041: Dandenong Creek at Napier Park

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ME_DDN041 Dandenong Catchment

Friday 16th April 2021 10:30am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium

mg/L NH4+

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

µS/cm

pH

pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

° C

Temperature - WATER

° C

Turbidity - NTU

NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Overcast

Last rainfall

During the last 24 hours 2.00

Flow estimate

HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected

Water Appearance

Muddy

Stream depth

0 - 50cm

Stream width

> 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

bottles,paper,plastic

Water Bugs Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis)	6	22
	b. Phylum Nematoda (roundworms)	3	2
	c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches)	1	1
	d. Family Simuliidae (black fly larvae)	5	1
	d. Phylum Annelida, class Oligochaeta, (worms)	2	9
	e. Family Chironomidae, several genera (blood worms)	4	53
	e. Phylum Turbellaria ( flatworms)	1	7
	f. Order Araneae ( fishing and wolf spiders)	5	1
ALT Signal Score		3.38
Weighted ALT Signal Score		3.65

Diary photos

These are two of the Net spinning Caddis we found

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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