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Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal @ Lions Park Bridge E bank WI_YRM450
Date and Time Tuesday 12th 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 920 150 7.14 0.3 18.8 18
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth Other:2.21
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

3rd month of weekly monitoirng after flood flow

slight increase in depht and salinity and still flowing

waterbugs: 31 caddisfly larvae, 2 mayfly nymph, 2 black water mite, 1 diving beetle larvae, 1 backswimmer. 3 waterboatman, 3 small water strider, 5 flatworm, 82 bloodworm, 28 Gambuzia 

report to YCAC meeting 66 

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 31
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 2
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 5
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 4
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 82
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 127 Total score: 29 Overall rating: Poor

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