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ME_YDA558 Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge.

21 March 2024

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Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Darebin Creek at Darebin Parklands, ford (dog crossing) U/S railway bridge. ME_YDA558
Date and Time Thursday 21st March 2024 09:35am
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 Nitrate mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0.01 92.14 9 656 6.6 0.07 16.5 16.4 9
Weather sunny
Last rainfall More than a week ago 0.20
Flow estimate LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected)
Water Appearance Clear,Milky
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width > 5m
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants plastic

With Sarah, Marleen and Penny.

Heaps of leaf litter and debris, water looking a bit milky.

Major discharge from Bell St main drain on Tuesday, reported to EPA via Snap Send Solve.

Also 15 false spider crabs found in macro trays, but they're not listed. Tolerant?

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 50
Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 5 1
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 1
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 3
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 20
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 30
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 60
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 166 Total score: 37 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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