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Edgars Creek, upstream of Edwardes Lake, next to Reservoir Scout Hall, Leamington Street, Reservoir

Melbourne

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ME_YED070 Yarra River Catchment

Saturday 16th November 2013 11:00am Approved
Notes
While we were doing the testing a man dropped two ducks off on the other side of the road and when we had finished we walked across Leamington Street to see them sitting on the edge of the wetlands, preening themselves after their bath. A white one and a brown duck of some type.

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.5mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
940µS/cm
pH
8.3pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.17mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
26° C
Temperature - WATER
20.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
19NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
1m - 2m
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 VeryPoor 2 Fair 6 Fair 3 VeryPoor 2 Poor 17

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 24
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 8
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 17
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 19
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 32
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 20
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 27
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 35
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 15
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 198 Total score: 33 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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