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Gardiners Creek upstream of Blackburn Lake, at Pobblebonk point, adjacent to Vegemite Creek

Melbourne

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ME_YGR006 Yarra River Catchment

Sunday 13th October 2013 11:00am Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.02mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
36%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
3.5mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
190µS/cm
pH
6.6pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.03mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
14° C
Temperature - WATER
15° C
Turbidity - NTU
35NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
Raining Now
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Stained brown
Stream depth
1m - 2m
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,cans,packets,plastic,polystyrene

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 Good 8 Good 8 Fair 3 Fair 6 Good 29

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 2
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 5 Total score: 13 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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