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Dandenong Creek, mixing zone of Old Joes Creek (suburb?)

Melbourne

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ME_DDN030 Dandenong Catchment

Friday 7th December 2012 15:30pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
10%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
0.6mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
280µS/cm
pH
7.5pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.39mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
30.1° C
Temperature - WATER
20.8° C
Turbidity - FTU
31FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours 3.8
Flow estimate
 
Water Appearance
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Poor 4 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 Poor 12

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 4 Total score: 9 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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