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WI_YRM450 Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank

15 March 2011

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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank WI_YRM450
Date and Time Tuesday 15th March 2011 16:30pm
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 1050 150 7.43 0.4 25.6 24
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth Other:2.21
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

2nd month of weekly monitoring after flood flow 

slight decrease in depth, less perceptible flowing 

water bugs: 1 may fly nymph, 46 Caddis fly nymph, 23 black water mite, 1 black and red water mits, 2 backswimmer, 4 water boatmen, 1 small water strider, 1 needle bug, 1 flatworm, 1 mosquito pupae, 1 freshwater worm, 147 blood worm, no gambuzia caught 

reported in YCAC meeting 66

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 46
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 1
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 24
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 6
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 147
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: 229 Total score: 36 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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