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ME_YGR045 Gardiners Creek - Off Station St next to bowling club

26 February 2003

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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Gardiners Creek - Off Station St next to bowling club ME_YGR045
Date and Time Wednesday 26th February 2003 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 4.4 400 0.15 7.2 0.11 23 38
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 15
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 70
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 2
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 10
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 15
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 11
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 7
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 138 Total score: 36 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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