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

Melbourne

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ME_YPL693 Yarra River Catchment

Wednesday 4th November 2015 14:38pm Approved
Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammonium
0.1mg/L NH4+
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
8mg/L
Electrical Conductivity
480µS/cm
pH
7.6pH Units
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L)
0.2mg/L P
Temperature - AIR
28.7° C
Temperature - WATER
20.1° C
Turbidity - NTU
15NTU

Water Conditions

Weather
Cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last week
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Other: Cloudy
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 8
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Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 6
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 2
Flatworms (Turbellaria) Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 3
Image
Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 3
Image
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 500
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 80
Image
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 5
Image
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 13
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 624 Total score: 43 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

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