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WI_YRM427 Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal at Ellis meander

23 August 2008

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal at Ellis meander WI_YRM427
Date and Time Saturday 23rd August 2008 16:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 740 150 7.3 0.01 20.6 13
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
sample for WPS walks 100's snails, 100s water fleas, 100s seed shrimps, 1 chiornimid, 3 dibing beetles, 1 marsh fly larvae, 7 backswimmers, 1 long jawed spider, 2 diving beetle nymphs, 6 tadpolse, 7 boatmen, 7 caddisfly larvae, algae, Common Rush, milfoil,

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 1
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 100
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 7
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 30
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 7
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 7
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 3
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 100
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 257 Total score: 17 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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