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Drain outlet in to Darebin Creek, in between sites YDA385 and YDA400, off Plenty Road Reservoir/Kingsbury

Melbourne

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ME_YDA395 Yarra River Catchment

Tuesday 8th April 2014 9:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
10mg/L
Filterable Reactive Phosphorus
0.2mg/L P
pH
8.3pH Units
Temperature - AIR
18° C
Temperature - WATER
15° C
Turbidity - NTU
9NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Scummy,Smelly,Foamy/frothy
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
cans,clothing,paper,plastic,waxed cardboard,other

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 2 Poor 2 VeryPoor 2 Degraded 11

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 30
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 20
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 5
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 80
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 135 Total score: 18 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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