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  6. 01-05-2011

Dandenong Creek

Melbourne

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ME_DDA200 Dandenong Catchment

Sunday 1st May 2011 10:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5.4mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
424µS/cm
pH
7.8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.04mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
17.9° C
Temperature - WATER
15.3° C
Turbidity - FTU
32FTU
Turbidity - NTU
46NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
More than a week ago
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
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Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 5
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 2
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
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Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 1
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 11 Total score: 24 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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