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MPVA14 - East Creek

Melbourne

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ME_EES900 Bunyip River Catchment

Thursday 3rd February 2011 9:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
6mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1700µS/cm
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
16.5° C
Temperature - WATER
16.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
10NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
More than a week ago
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
5
Stream width
18
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 100
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 100
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 8
Image
Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 5 30
Image
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 5
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 5
Image
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 10
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 80
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 358 Total score: 40 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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