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Plenty River under Main Road (Circuit St) Bridge, Greensborough

Melbourne

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ME_YPL693 Yarra River Catchment

Monday 3rd November 2014 11:30am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
7mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
600µS/cm
pH
7.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.05mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
18.6° C
Temperature - WATER
17.7° C
Turbidity - NTU
12NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Stained brown
Stream depth
1m - 2m
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
cans,plastic

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 3
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 11
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 14
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 50
Image
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 30
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 117 Total score: 34 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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