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Dandenong Creek

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ME_DDA200 Dandenong Catchment

Sunday 1st February 2015 10:00am Approved
Notes
Present: Julie, Ian, Judith
Depth in wetland: 1.34m
Creek very shallow - just filled bottle in shallows, about bottle-width deep

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation
90%
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8.1mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
630µS/cm
pH
7.8pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
20.8° C
Temperature - WATER
20.7° C
Turbidity - FTU
39FTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Overcast
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate
LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
 
Stream width
 
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
Image
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 40
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Image
Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 3
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 12
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 77 Total score: 23 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Physical Chemical Trends

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