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ME_DDN028 Dandenong Creek, immediately upstream of where OJ Creek joins Creek (?suburb?)

20 February 2012

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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Dandenong Creek, immediately upstream of where OJ Creek joins Creek (?suburb?) ME_DDN028
Date and Time Monday 20th February 2012 19:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 0.02 280 7.8 0.05 21.6 21 61
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week 15.2
Flow estimate
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Problem with DO analysis - sample water was reading as super saturated (DO >137% satrated)...so these results were omitted as they are likely due to calibration, sampling or equipment error.

Habitat

Please ignore above habitat survey, a survey was not conducted. i tis only filled in as I was not able to lodge the other data with out filling it in.
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 2 VeryPoor 1 VeryPoor 2 Degraded 8

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 1
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 7
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 11 Total score: 4 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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