Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Barwon River @ Queens Park Bridge (Zylla Craucar) CO_BAR110
Date and Time Thursday 10th September 2009 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
D.O. % D.O mg/L E coli orgs/100mL EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Secchi m Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
macro rating - very good

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
a. Family Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish or yabbies) 5 2
Chironomids Chironomids 1 10
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 20
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 30
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 100
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 15
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 60
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 50
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 312 Total score: 35 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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