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  6. 07-04-2015

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

Melbourne

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ME_YPL693 Yarra River Catchment

Tuesday 7th April 2015 14:30pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
930µS/cm
pH
7.3pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.07mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
14.4° C
Temperature - WATER
15.5° C
Turbidity - NTU
22NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Raining
Last rainfall
Raining Now
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Muddy
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
other

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 2
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 6
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 4
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 200
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 218 Total score: 26 Overall rating: Fair

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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