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ME_DHE100 Heatherton Rd Wetland

6 September 2009

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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Heatherton Rd Wetland ME_DHE100
Date and Time Sunday 6th September 2009 10:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Ian, Julie, Judith present

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 44 4.8 180 6.9 0.013 14 11.8 26 10
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Less than 10 NTU on turbidity tube New gauge gave pH 6.8 and EC 219 milliS on second, longer try Checked old and new gauges in calibration solution on returning home and both read 7.0.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 4
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 5
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 27 Total score: 22 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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