Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal, ski club boat ramp WI_YRM460
Date and Time Thursday 17th November 2005 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
rushes, reeds, couch grass dominant no tadpoles but 5 gambuzia and schools of them in the water. 3 soldier fly larvae not in pick list Abundance 2, 78 creatures, 11 species, bugscore 50 good rating

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 20
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 23
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 2
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 3
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 10
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 4
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 75 Total score: 39 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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