Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Edgars Creek, upstream of Edwardes Lake, next to Reservoir Scout Hall, Leamington Street, Reservoir ME_YED070
Date and Time Saturday 1st April 2023 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
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 P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 3.40
Flow estimate HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 2m
Stream width > 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Waterbug ID training session. No Phys/Chem testing done.

There was also a lot of sediment in the sample making sorting difficult

Creatures Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image Species Score Quantity
a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis) a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis) 6 1
a. Family Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish or yabbies) 1 3
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 3 2
e. Family Chironomidae, several genera (blood worms) 4 12
e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph) 1 20
f. Corduliid / libellulid like dragonflies - various families (spider mud eye) 4 2
f. Family Lymnaeidae (lim nay ids - snail) f. Family Lymnaeidae (lim nay ids - snail) 1 2
g. Family Chironomidae (chironomids - True Fly larvae) 4 2
g. Family Physidae, Species Physa acuta (snail) 2 2
h. Family Notonectidae , Genus Enithares (robust backswimmers) 3 1
l. Family Corixidae , Genus Sigara (striped boatman) 4 1
o. Family Corixidae genus Agraptocorixa (static boatmen) 1 1
p. Family Leptoceridae Unidentified, various genera (Caddis fly larvae) p. Family Leptoceridae Unidentified, various genera (Caddis fly larvae) 6 1
q. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Triplectides (stick caddis) 3 1
ALT Signal Score 3.07
Weighted ALT Signal Score 2.81

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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