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WI_YRM450 Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank

5 April 2011

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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank WI_YRM450
Date and Time Tuesday 5th April 2011 16:50pm
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 730 150 7.16 0.6 27.1 14
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth Other:2.18
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

3rd month of weekly monitoring after flood flow 

slight increase in depth aand salinity and still flowing 

waterbugs : 5 mayfly nymph, 129 caddisfly nymph, 18 damselfly nymph, 12 black water mites, 1 red water mite, 1 backswimmer, 37 water boatmen, 1 needle bug, 1 water scavenger beetle, 22 flatworm, 1 freshwater worm, 101 bloodworm, 91 Gambuzia

reported in YCAC meeting 66

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 129
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 5
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 18
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 13
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 22
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 38
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 107
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: 335 Total score: 40 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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