Site Visit #2325238 27-10-2019 | ME_YMR155: Merri Creek, approx 200 metres Upstream Keady Street stairwell, Coburg North

Site visit details

Catchment	Yarra River
Site	Merri Creek, approx 200 metres Upstream Keady Street stairwell, Coburg North ME_YMR155
Date and Time	Sunday 27th October 2019 10:00am
Approved	Approved

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit

	N mg/L NH4+	D.O. %	EC µS/cm	pH pH Units	rP mg/L P	Air ° C	Water ° C	Turb NTU
Sample

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

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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