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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

Thursday 16th October 2025 11:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.01mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
74.9%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
863µS/cm
pH
8.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.01mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
29° C
Temperature - WATER
18.5° C
Turbidity - NTU
9NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 10.20
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
> 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
plastic,packets

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 94
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Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 7
Image
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 27
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 125
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 8
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 262 Total score: 22 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

Melb Uni PEN volunteers monitoring at Darebin Creek

Physical Chemical Trends

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