Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal, ski club boat ramp WI_YRM460
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
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
abundance category 5 - 699 creatures counted. Bug score 38 stream condition rating very good 46 mosquito fish removed from sample (and creek)

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 55
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 4
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 3
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 581
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 653 Total score: 28 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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