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Wimmera Catchment
WI_SWC500
Site
visits
24-08-2009
Site visit details
Physical Chemical Tests
EC
µS/cm
Hard
mg/L
pH
pH Units
rP
mg/L P
Water
° C
Turb
NTU
Sample
390
7.6
13.9
400
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
no frogsong for frogwatch - frogsong came when the rains fell in July
Macro survey : 3 mayfly nymph, 5 shield shrimp, 100 fairy shrimp, 30 seed shrimp, 1 diving beetle larvae, 10 backswimmers, 10 water boatmen, 50 lesser water striders, 10 diving beetles, 10 mosquito larvae, 5 mosquito pupae, 600 chironomids.
Bug score 46 abundance 830 creatures, stream condition rating very good.
Creatures Waterwatch method
Image
Species
Score
Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp)
0
1
Chironomids
1
600
e. Order Isopoda, Family Phraetoicidae, (phraetoicids, cow shrimp)
3
50
Freshwater shrimp
5
100
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys)
4
10
j. Order Conchostraca (clam shrimp)
0
30
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult)
0
46
o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult)
0
5
Water-boatmen
4
10
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera)
7
3
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera)
4
1
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera)
2
15
Total bug score
Total abundance
0 - 35
35+
0 - 200
Poor
Good
200+
Fair
Very good
Total abundance: 871
Total score: 13
Overall rating: Poor
Diary photos
No diary entries recorded for this visit
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