Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Barwon River Catchment
  3. CO_YAR200
  4. Site visits
  5. 06-04-2009

CO_YAR200 Yarrowee R @ South Durham Bridge

6 April 2009

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Yarrowee R @ South Durham Bridge CO_YAR200
Date and Time Monday 6th April 2009 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 65 7 1800 7.5 0.3 14.5 11.5 0
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Macro survey - very good

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 15
Chironomids Chironomids 1 5
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 1
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 10
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 10
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 30
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 3
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 30
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 60
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 50
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 24
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 258 Total score: 42 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Creative Commons CC BY
All content, files, data and images provided by the Waterwatch Data Portal and Gallery are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License

Content is made available to be used in any way, and should always attribute Waterwatch and www.vic.waterwatch.org.au