Waterwatch Data Portal
Yarra River Catchment
ME_YMR155
Site
visits
27-10-2019
Site visit details
Physical Chemical Tests
No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
Weather
cloudy
Last rainfall
During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Creatures Agreed Level Taxonomy Method
Image
Species
Score
Quantity
a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis)
6
N/A
c. Family Veliidae/ Family Mesoveliidae/ Family Hebridae (water treaders)
1
N/A
c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches)
1
N/A
d. Phylum Annelida, class Oligochaeta, (worms)
2
N/A
e. Family Chironomidae, several genera (blood worms)
4
N/A
e. Family Hydrobiidae - Potamopyrgus antipodarum (species - snail)
3
N/A
e. Family Hydroptilidae (micro caddis)
4
N/A
e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph)
1
N/A
e. Phylum Turbellaria ( flatworms)
1
N/A
g. Family Chironomidae (chironomids - True Fly larvae)
4
N/A
g. Family Physidae, Species Physa acuta (snail)
2
N/A
g. Order Isopoda, Family Janiridae (water slaters)
3
N/A
h. Family Planorbidae, various genera (planorbids - snails)
1
N/A
i. Family Dytiscidae, (two-tailed tigers)
6
N/A
l. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (stealth diving beetles)
1
N/A
t. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Notalina (Headbanger caddis)
6
N/A
ALT Signal Score
Weighted ALT Signal Score
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