Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Baileys Billabong West ME_YYR809
Date and Time Friday 23rd October 2015 09:15am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb FTU Turb NTU
Sample
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last week 2
Flow estimate PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance Clear,Other: Some oily patches - separated
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 50
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Enotech pH reading - 6.9. Started LaMotte pH testing 23102015

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 4
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 6
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 7
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 5
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 3
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 84
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 48
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 159 Total score: 25 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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