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Scotchman's Creek. Bottom of Valley Reserve immediately East of Regent Street, Mt Waverley

Melbourne

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ME_YSC020 Yarra River Catchment

Sunday 27th January 2013 9:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.3mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
52%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
4.9mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
580µS/cm
pH
7.1pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.068mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18.5° C
Temperature - WATER
18° C
Turbidity - NTU
15NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours 0.5
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
0.3
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,cans,packets,paper,plastic

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 20
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 2
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 3
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 40
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 81 Total score: 29 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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