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ME_ECO450 MPVA04 - Dam in Dunns Creek catchment/Trib of Coolart Creek

10 August 2010

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Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site MPVA04 - Dam in Dunns Creek catchment/Trib of Coolart Creek ME_ECO450
Date and Time Tuesday 10th August 2010 09:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ 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 0 8 1300 6.1 0 8.4 9.2 10
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate Not Flowing
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth >2m
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
"not changed" for depth and width. no litter. stands out that "much rain has filled the dam. It is now 6.5 m deep Hard to get sample as water level was higher and the ground which I could reach wiht the net was very hard as usuall wasn't under water" colleded by Roger Stuart-Andrews.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 0 100
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 5
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 15
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 15
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 4
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 15
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 0 3
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 209 Total score: 46 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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