Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site MPVA15 - Dam in Devil Bend Creek catchment ME_EDV700
Date and Time Tuesday 26th June 2012 10:45am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ Cu mg/L 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
Sample 0.04 10 1500 7.3 0.07 10 10.9 1
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 1.4
Flow estimate
Water Appearance Stained brown,Other: tea coloured
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Dam full from winter rains. Rate of water flow none with seasonal run off

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 100
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 100
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 300
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 300
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 10
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 810 Total score: 20 Overall rating: Poor

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