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Catchment Dandenong
Site Heatherton Rd Wetland ME_DHE100
Date and Time Sunday 1st March 2020 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 30.19 2.7 280 6.4 0 24.2 20.8 49
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Present: Judith, Ian, Julie

pH was 6.6 with PR, so repeated with CPR, gave 6.4.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 2 10
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 10
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 2
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 20
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 57 Total score: 26 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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