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WI_WIM940 Wimmera River, Jeparit, showgrounds site

1 October 2002

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

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Wimmera River, Jeparit, showgrounds site WI_WIM940
Date and Time Tuesday 1st October 2002 12:00pm
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
NWW 2002 sample many caddisfly nymphs and many scuds and lots of cyclops some mosquito larvae and some mosquito pupae a few dragon fly nymphs and a few damselfly nymphs a couple of crawling water beetles and a couple of aquatic caterpillars - not on list estimates put in

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 N/A
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 20
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 3
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 61 Total score: 29 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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