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  6. 16-11-2012

Reedy Billabong East

Melbourne

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ME_YYR808 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 16th November 2012 10:10am Approved
Notes
Lyn Martin's first sampling day with D. Barr and M. Fievez

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen
0.96mg/L NH3-N
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
0.7mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
570µS/cm
pH
6.9pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.49mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
14.5° C
Temperature - WATER
15.2° C
Turbidity - FTU
42FTU
Turbidity - NTU
12NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
More than a week ago 1
Flow estimate
PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance
Milky
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 2
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Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
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Water mites (Acarina) 5 10
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Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 26
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 6
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 20
Image
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 30
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 98 Total score: 35 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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