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  6. 15-04-2012

Balcombe Creek at LHS of Eramosa Road, Moorooduc

Melbourne

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ME_EBA200 Bunyip River Catchment

Sunday 15th April 2012 11:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
2550µS/cm
pH
9.3pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.03mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18° C
Temperature - WATER
14.4° C
Turbidity - NTU
7NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
 
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
Clear,Stained brown
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,cans,plastic,polystyrene

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 5
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 30
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 1
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 50
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: 100 Total score: 26 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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