Waterwatch Data Portal

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

very shallowwith plenty of water plants (algae and water ribbons) banks had healthy stands of Common Rush and Rice Sedge plenty of water birds: 1 Australian Ibis, 1 Straw necked Ibis, 1 Egret,2 masked Lapwings, several Magpie Larks, and Pacific Black Ducks macro sample taken : 71 bug score, abund group 5 3 caddisfly nypmhs, 4 may fly nymphs, 49 damselfly nymphs, 22 dragon fly nymphs, 2 aquatic caterpillars, 3 red water mites, 90 black water mites, 4 backswimmers, 35 boatmen, 14 water scavenger beetles, 13 crawling water beetles, 4 small water strider, 1 leech, 105 snails, 1 mosquito pupae but these 2 aren't on the lists available : 2 aquatic caterpillars (signal score 5) and 13 crawling water beetles ( signal score 3) so add 8 to score given on macro db report

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image	Species	Score	Quantity
	c. Family Hydraenidae and Family Hydrochidae (crawling water beetles)	3	14
	h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys)	4	4
	Water-boatmen	4	35
	Water-striders	4	4
	Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera)	7	3
	Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)	7	4
	Damselfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	49
	Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata)	6	22
	Water mites (Acarina)	5	93
	Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda)	3	105
	Leeches (Hirudinea)	3	1
	Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)	2	1

	Total bug score
Total abundance	0 - 35	35+
0 - 200	Poor	Good
200+	Fair	Very good

Total abundance: 335 Total score: 39 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos