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  6. 21-02-2014

Baileys Billabong West

Melbourne

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ME_YYR809 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 21st February 2014 9:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonia-Nitrogen
0.92mg/L NH3-N
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
1.4mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
280µS/cm
Filterable Reactive Phosphorus
0mg/L P
pH
6.2pH Units
Temperature - AIR
16° C
Temperature - WATER
15.2° C
Turbidity - FTU
70FTU
Turbidity - NTU
50NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last week 5
Flow estimate
PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance
Stained green
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
50
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
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Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
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Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 5
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True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 501
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Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 509 Total score: 19 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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