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  6. 27-08-2023

Elster Creek

Melbourne

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ME_DEL300 Dandenong Catchment

Sunday 27th August 2023 9:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.03mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
6mg/L
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.2mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
12° C
Temperature - WATER
11° C
Turbidity - NTU
10NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week 5.00
Flow estimate
BANKFULL: High flow within channel capacity and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance
Stained brown
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
soft mud
Litter/Pollutants
paper,plastic,packets

Habitat

Need more distilled water x 2

All chemicals need to be replaced

Sounds of the Elster Creek with hydrophone 

Sounds of Soak 2 - we did not complete a full Waterwatch suite of tests but did capture the lively sounds

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 6 Poor 2 Fair 6 23

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 2 3
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 4
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 20
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 30 Total score: 16 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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