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Balcombe Creek at Uralla Rd footbridge, Mt Martha (Complementary site to Melbourne Water Ecowise testing 2008-9)

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ME_EBA850 Bunyip River Catchment

Sunday 23rd February 2014 9:44am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
42%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
4mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1420µS/cm
pH
7.5pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.04mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
20° C
Temperature - WATER
16° C
Turbidity - NTU
0NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
More than a week ago 10.8
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Stained brown
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 9
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 5
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Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 14
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Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 3
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Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 9
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 120
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 3
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 164 Total score: 33 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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