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  6. 01-12-2012

Nerreman Wetland @ Eltham

Melbourne

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ME_YDI833 Yarra River Catchment

Saturday 1st December 2012 14:00pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.05mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
230µS/cm
pH
7pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.15mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
28° C
Temperature - WATER
20.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
30NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week 19.4
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Smelly,Other: dark grey
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,cans,packets,paper,plastic,polystyrene

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 4
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 6
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 4
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 9
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 6
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 34
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 8
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 170
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 21
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 267 Total score: 29 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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