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Dandenong Creek, downstream of Heatherdale Creek, Vermont

Melbourne

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ME_DDN038 Dandenong Catchment

Saturday 29th December 2012 0:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.4mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
69%
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
69%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5.8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
560µS/cm
pH
7.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.02mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
22.2° C
Temperature - WATER
22.4° C
Turbidity - FTU
24FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week 2
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Stained brown
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,paper,plastic

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Poor 2 Poor 4 Poor 4 Fair 3 Poor 4 Poor 17

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 3
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 1
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 7 Total score: 13 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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