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Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge.

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ME_YDA558 Yarra River Catchment

Friday 5th February 2016 10:30am Approved
Notes

Water Conditions

Weather
Sunny
Last rainfall
During the last week 2.2
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
0 - 50cm
Stream width
>5m
Hazards
 
Litter/Pollutants
bottles,packets,plastic,other

Water Bugs WaterWatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
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Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 300
Image
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 30
Image
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Image
Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 5 100
Image
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 30
Image
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 300
Image
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Image
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 774 Total score: 37 Overall rating: Very Good

Diary photos

Three Darebin Creek monitors (Darebin Parklands) happy to get a Very Good score for waterbugs. Bugs included around 50 of these false spider crabs.

Physical Chemical Trends

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