Site Visit #247138 21-11-2007 | ME_YYR804: Reedys Billabong, Wilsons Reserve, Ivanhoe

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ME_YYR804 Yarra River Catchment

Wednesday 21st November 2007 9:15am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen

0.79mg/L NH3-N

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

2.5mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

330µS/cm

pH

7.1pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.27mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

14.5° C

Temperature - WATER

17.8° C

Turbidity - NTU

30NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Raining

Last rainfall

Raining Now 10

Flow estimate

PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes

Water Appearance

Milky

Stream depth

0 - 50cm

Stream width

2m - 5m

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera)	3	2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	6
Flatworms (Turbellaria)	3	1
Leeches (Hirudinea)	3	6
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda)	4	12
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	37
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera)	2	16
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)	2	3
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta)	1	5

	Total bug score
Total abundance	0 - 35	35+
0 - 200	Poor	Good
200+	Fair	Very good

Total abundance: 88 Total score: 25 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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