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Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge.

Melbourne

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ME_YDA558 Yarra River Catchment

Wednesday 10th April 2013 11:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
9.5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
510µS/cm
pH
6.2pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.05mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
20° C
Temperature - WATER
16.5° C
Turbidity - NTU
65NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 14
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Milky
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
paper,plastic

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 5
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 2
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 1
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 2
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 10
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 27 Total score: 40 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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