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Catchment Dandenong
Site Heatherton Rd Wetland ME_DHE100
Date and Time Sunday 7th October 2018 10:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 0 58.42 5.7 310 6.6 0.003 21.1 16.5 57
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Present: Judith, Julie, Ian

Wetland depth: 1.35m

pH tested 6.5 with PR, so was repeated with CPR, which gave 6.6.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 8
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 40
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 6
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 6
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 72 Total score: 22 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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