Waterwatch Data Portal
Yarra River Catchment
ME_YMR155
Site
visits
28-10-2018
Site visit details
Physical Chemical Tests
No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
Weather
sunny
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Clear
Stream depth
51cm - 99cm
Stream width
2m - 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Habitat
Bank Erosion Stability
Bank Vegetation
In Stream Cover
Riffles Pools Bends
Verge Vegetation
Overall
Good 4
Fair 6
Fair 6
Good 4
Fair 6
26
Creatures Agreed Level Taxonomy Method
Image
Species
Score
Quantity
c. Family Sphaeriidae and Family Corbiculidae (basket and pea shells)
4
N/A
d. Phylum Annelida, class Oligochaeta, (worms)
1
N/A
e. Family Chironomidae, several genera (blood worms)
1
N/A
e. Family Hydrobiidae - Potamopyrgus antipodarum (species - snail)
1
N/A
e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph)
2
N/A
e. Phylum Turbellaria ( flatworms)
1
N/A
f. Corduliid / libellulid like dragonflies - various families (spider mud eye)
5
N/A
f. Family Lymnaeidae (lim nay ids - snail)
1
N/A
g. Family Chironomidae (chironomids - True Fly larvae)
3
N/A
g. Family Physidae, Species Physa acuta (snail)
1
N/A
g. Order Isopoda, Family Janiridae (water slaters)
3
N/A
l. Family Culicidae (mosquito larvae, wrigglers)
1
N/A
ALT Signal Score
Weighted ALT Signal Score
Diary photos
No diary entries recorded for this visit
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