Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal Apex Park, s side Dim rd br WI_YRM430
Date and Time Thursday 4th May 2006 14:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
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Weather
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Water Appearance
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Litter/Pollutants
bug score 43, abundance 4 = 460 creatures = very good stream condition chart. No Mosquito fish here missing from list is soldier fly larvae - often found at this site

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Hydraenidae and Family Hydrochidae (crawling water beetles) 3 3
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 1
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 4
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 30
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 4
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 69
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 208
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 59
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 15
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 66
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 463 Total score: 36 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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