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EG_DIN040 Dinner Creek - below Princes Highway Bridge

25 August 2000

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Snowy River
Site Dinner Creek - below Princes Highway Bridge EG_DIN040
Date and Time Friday 25th August 2000 11:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 0.03 14 10.5 10
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
3 unidentified zooplankton species.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 3
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 32
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 3
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 2
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 9
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 20
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 6
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 4
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 6
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 99 Total score: 31 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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