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Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

Melbourne

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ME_DDN015 Dandenong Catchment

Tuesday 12th August 2014 11:31am Approved
Notes
First visit for this group of students

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
100%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
11.8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
302µS/cm
pH
7.4pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.04mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
11° C
Temperature - WATER
8.6° C
Turbidity - NTU
19NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance
Smelly,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 Fair 6 Poor 4 Good 4 Fair 6 Fair 23

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 8
Image
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 2
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 20
Image
Water mites (Acarina) 5 1
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Image
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Image
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 10
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 74 Total score: 40 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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