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ME_YDI833 Nerreman Wetland @ Eltham
12 March 2016
Site visit details
Overview
Catchment | Yarra River |
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Site | Nerreman Wetland @ Eltham ME_YDI833 |
Date and Time | Saturday 12th March 2016 08:45am |
Approved | Approved |
Physical Chemical Tests
No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
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 | |
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Sample |
Weather | overcast |
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Last rainfall | During the last week 12 |
Flow estimate | LOW: Minimum flow in channel/continuous flow in some part of channel (in-stream habitats connected) |
Water Appearance | Smelly,Foamy/frothy |
Stream depth | 0 - 50cm |
Stream width | 2m - 5m |
Hazards | |
Litter/Pollutants | bottles,cans,clothing,packets,paper,plastic,polystyrene,other |
Other litter: Balls Drinking straws Broken Glass. In the pit drain there were: Polystyrene balls Polystyrene boxes Plastic bottles pens balls. The froth/foam were below the dam wall. There was a smell of rotting vegetation at the sampling site near the upstream drain. Still there: Bits of concrete, (the large piles have been removed.) Rubbish on the ledges,(dam area.) Montbretia weed. There are weed trees growing in the waterway --- Box Elder, Willow? another tree downstream from the bridge. Streamside vegetation flattened after higher water level earlier. Smell of paint, and a silvery deposit beneath a tree, at the top of the bank opposite Nerreman Gateway houses. Lots of litter/rubbish from Nerreman Gateway to Meruka Drive between the Karingal Yalloc and Karingal Drive. BIRDS: Chestnut Teal Wood Ducks P.Black Ducks Crested Pigeons Rock Doves Rainbow Lorikeets Magpies Ravens Pied Currawongs Kookaburra Noisy Miners (The small birds seen last month in the cumbungi were White-browed Scrubwrens.) There was a Striped Marsh Frog calling (poc,poc.)
Creatures Waterwatch method
Total bug score | ||
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Total abundance | 0 - 35 | 35+ |
0 - 200 | Poor | Good |
200+ | Fair | Very good |
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