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WI_YRM450 Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank

8 March 2011

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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank WI_YRM450
Date and Time Tuesday 8th March 2011 13:45pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Hard mg/L Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample 1110 150 7.43 0.4 26.2 30
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth Other:2.22
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

5th weekly monitoring of Creek after flood flow (none on 1 March 2011) 

stable depth of water , still flowing 

water bugs found 15 caddisfly nymph, 12 black water mite, 1 bckswimmer, 2 water boatmen, 2 small water striders, 5 water scavenger beetles, 1 mosquito pupae, 1 mosquito larvae, 1 freshwater worm and 30 Bloodworm and 48 of the pest fish Gambuzia - no place to report Water striders and Gambuzia in Creature reprot  

reported in YCAC at Meeting 66

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 15
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 12
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 5
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 3
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 30
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: 68 Total score: 23 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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