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EG_DIN040 Dinner Creek - below Princes Highway Bridge

6 October 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 6th October 2000 08:40am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 0.045 23 15 11.5
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Fisher Spider - 1 3 unidentified species. Sketches suggest they are likely: Predacious diving bettle (dytiscidae), larval fish species and prosopistomatidae

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 15
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 13
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 2
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 2
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 40
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 6
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 7
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 22
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 111 Total score: 34 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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