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ME_YGR031 Gardiners Ck -Blacks Walk Reserve

28 April 2006

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Gardiners Ck -Blacks Walk Reserve ME_YGR031
Date and Time Friday 28th April 2006 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 10 290 400
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
major earth work apparently going on upstream. Turbidity very very high. Creek looked like milky clay colour. Couldn't do phos or ammonia b/c too turbid to measure.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 22
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 2
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 12
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 1
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 7
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 3
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 50 Total score: 17 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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