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Balcombe Creek at the footbridge as it exits The Briar's Park, Mt Martha

Melbourne

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ME_EBA800 Bunyip River Catchment

Monday 23rd June 2014 9:41am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
45%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
1870µS/cm
pH
7.3pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
13° C
Temperature - WATER
10.3° C
Turbidity - NTU
0NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
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
Stained brown
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Good 8 Good 8 Good 4 Good 8 Good 31

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 3
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 3
Image
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 5
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 200
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 236 Total score: 26 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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