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NE_ONE065 One Mile Creek, Wareena Park Wetlands (Witte)

14 January 2009

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Ovens River
Site One Mile Creek, Wareena Park Wetlands (Witte) NE_ONE065
Date and Time Wednesday 14th January 2009 09:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 70 110 6.5 0.19 22.2 28
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Current weather conditions where fine and sunny during time of sampling top of 42 degrees C. This site is to be used a control site to monitor the effects of spraying on parots feather further downstream. Quite a significant amount of vegetation at the site with a algae scum on surface. No flow, just pools of deep water. Macroinvertebrates: Length of edge sample 5 metres. 30minutes taken to sort sample. Stream velocitiy was no flow. Singal 2 Index Score 3 - severely polluted. Water spider 1, Caddisfly 1, Giant Water Beetle 1, Damselfly 2, Round Worm 10+, Bloodworm 30+, Riffle Beetle Larvae 3, Backswimmer 3, Mosquito Larvae 1, Leech 5.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 1
g. Order Isopoda, Family Janiridae (water slaters) g. Order Isopoda, Family Janiridae (water slaters) 0 1
h. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Australphilus (Beetle adult) 0 3
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 3
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 10
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 3
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 5
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 10
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 40 Total score: 25 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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