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GB_DRY010 Dry Creek at Kilmore East - Sunday Creek Road

21 May 2012

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Habitat Creatures Diary Photos 1
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Goulburn River
Site Dry Creek at Kilmore East - Sunday Creek Road GB_DRY010
Date and Time Monday 21st May 2012 14:45pm
Approved Approved

Notes

testing to see if this works in data by site report KJH

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units Rain mm rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 1200 7.2 0 3 6.4
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last week 2
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth 51cm - 99cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards slippery bank
Litter/Pollutants bottles,cans,polystyrene
This is a test visit and MUST be deleted when i have checked data by site report KJH 21-5-12

Habitat

This is a test entry to see if it shows up in the data by site report
Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Good 4 Fair 6 Poor 4 Poor 2 Good 8 Fair 24

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 9
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 5
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 3
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 8
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 3
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 100
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 4
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: 141 Total score: 50 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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