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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site swamp pond at Clark's Park, WI_SWC500
Date and Time Monday 24th August 2009 17:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

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 Chironomids 1 600
e. Order Isopoda, Family Phraetoicidae, (phraetoicids, cow shrimp) e. Order Isopoda, Family Phraetoicidae, (phraetoicids, cow shrimp) 3 50
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 100
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 10
j. Order Conchostraca  (clam shrimp) j. Order Conchostraca (clam shrimp) 0 30
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 46
o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult) o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult) 0 5
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 10
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 3
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 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

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