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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal, ski club boat ramp WI_YRM460
Date and Time Monday 10th December 2007 15:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 940 150 8.8 26.9 40
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
in the shallow water were: 1 Australian White Ibis, Masked Lapwings, Pacific Black Ducks and Ducklings aquatic macro sample had abundance level 5, bug score 66, and 18 species

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Hydraenidae and Family Hydrochidae (crawling water beetles) 3 10
Chironomids Chironomids 1 30
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 100
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 200
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 10
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 50
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 10
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 10
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 20
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 10
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 200
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 15
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 40
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 15
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 730 Total score: 43 Overall rating: Good

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