Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Dandenong Creek ME_DDA200
Date and Time Sunday 3rd November 2019 10:00am
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 0.01 54.37 5 200 6.4 0.037 20.4 19.4 62
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Present: Judith, Dorothea, Ian, Julie

Depth: 1.66m in wetland

First pH measurement was 6.7 with PR, so repeated with CPR, which gave 6.4.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Aquatic Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) 3 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 20
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 24 Total score: 13 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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