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WI_YRM427 Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal at Ellis meander

26 October 2007

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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal at Ellis meander WI_YRM427
Date and Time Friday 26th October 2007 17:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 2800 400 8.08 21
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
remnant pools with Pacific Black Duck pair on it, and 10 Common Eastern Tadpoles in the water sample along with 70 Gambuzia (3/4 of which the 4 Tiger Leeches then ate during the day, before the remaining Gambuzi removed any hint of the leeches overnight) Aquatic Macroinvertebrate sample: 11 species in 74 creatures = go to rating plus tadpoles and pest fish, plenty of water plants: milfoil, algae, common rush, strip rush, billy buttons

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
e. Order Isopoda, Family Phraetoicidae, (phraetoicids, cow shrimp) e. Order Isopoda, Family Phraetoicidae, (phraetoicids, cow shrimp) 3 50
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 5
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 37
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 10
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 15
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 4
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 137 Total score: 21 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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