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EG_MIT030 Mitchell River - Evans at Wuk Wuk

7 October 1999

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Mitchell River
Site Mitchell River - Evans at Wuk Wuk EG_MIT030
Date and Time Thursday 7th October 1999 11:15am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 3000 6 0.015 14 14
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Moderate flow rate. Clear and recent signs of fresh silt obvious on rock margins. No visual bug life obvious in margins. Beetles absent when so dominant last visit.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 10
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 6
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 15
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 42 Total score: 22 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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