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ME_YYR660 Yarra River- end of Forbes Street, Warrandyte

17 September 2002

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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Yarra River- end of Forbes Street, Warrandyte ME_YYR660
Date and Time Tuesday 17th September 2002 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 11 160 0.55 7.1 0.08 25 15 15
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 10
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 40
i. Order Notostraca (shield shrimp, tadpole shrimp) i. Order Notostraca (shield shrimp, tadpole shrimp) 5 1
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 200
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 30
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 15
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 40
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 14
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 350 Total score: 24 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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