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  6. 02-04-2014

Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

Melbourne

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ME_DDN015 Dandenong Catchment

Wednesday 2nd April 2014 9:50am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
80%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
170µS/cm
pH
8.9pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.02mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
24° C
Temperature - WATER
19° C
Turbidity - NTU
10NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Raining
Last rainfall
Raining Now
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,plastic

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Good 8 Fair 6 Fair 3 Poor 4 Fair 24

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 5
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 50
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Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 N/A
Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) 5 N/A
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 N/A
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 N/A
Image
Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 5 N/A
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 50
Image
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 N/A
Image
Toebiters Dobsonflies (Megaloptera) 6 N/A
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 N/A
Image
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 N/A
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 6
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 N/A
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Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 55
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 60
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Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
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Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 6
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 233 Total score: 32 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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