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ME_YBA500 Banyule Creek @ footbridge Banyule Flats Reserve

28 June 2012

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Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Banyule Creek @ footbridge Banyule Flats Reserve ME_YBA500
Date and Time Thursday 28th June 2012 10:15am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ 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 NTU
Sample 0.08 960 7.8 0.1 12 9 7
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate HIGH: Less than bankfull and in-stream habitats connected
Water Appearance Clear,Oily
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants oil,other
Ammonium and Phosphate tested at 18oC. This date was the shadow sampling day for 2012. A mistake was picked up in the Dissolved Oxygen method i was using, so i have not entered the amount. The creek had received quite high flows during the past week due to a heap of rain, so the creek was quite clear.

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 6 Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 24

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 0 Total score: 0 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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