Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Dandenong Catchment
  3. ME_DHE100
  4. Site visits
  5. 02-12-2018

ME_DHE100 Heatherton Rd Wetland

2 December 2018

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 2
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Heatherton Rd Wetland ME_DHE100
Date and Time Sunday 2nd December 2018 10:50am
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 26.1 2.5 280 6.7 0.01 17.3 17.4 48
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Present: Judith, Ian, Julie

Dredging had been done in the wetland by the bird hide

First pH test with PR gave 6.5 so retested with CPR, gave 6.7.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 6
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 30 Total score: 19 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

Lake near the bird hide after dredging
Dredged material from the lake near the inlet to the wetland

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