Site Visit #247245 19-08-2009 | ME_YYR806: Baileys Billabong at Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe.

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ME_YYR806 Yarra River Catchment

Wednesday 19th August 2009 10:20am Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen

0.16mg/L NH3-N

Dissolved Oxygen mg/L

6.4mg/L

Electrical Conductivity

130µS/cm

pH

8.3pH Units

Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)

0.04mg/L P

Temperature - AIR

16° C

Temperature - WATER

11° C

Turbidity - FTU

13FTU

Turbidity - NTU

9NTU

Water Conditions

Weather

Windy

Last rainfall

During the last week 3

Flow estimate

PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes

Water Appearance

Clear

Stream depth

Stream width

Hazards

Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Species	Score	Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	2
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	5
Water mites (Acarina)	5	24
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera)	3	8
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)	4	3
Flatworms (Turbellaria)	3	1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	4
Leeches (Hirudinea)	3	1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera)	4	13
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera)	1	68

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

Total abundance: 129 Total score: 38 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

Test 1

Test 2

Mininum standard

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