Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Ovens River
Site Coor Creek, Typo Station 3 NE_COR005
Date and Time Tuesday 23rd September 2008 12:15pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 89.2 40 6 0.03 10.5 0
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Weather was overcast during time of sampling. In the past 24 hours the catchment has received 13mm of rain. Macros - Sweep sampling was conducted as creek bed was too silty to conduct a kick sample. Length of edge sample was 10m with 30min sampling time and fast stream velocity of flow.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 10
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 11
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 1
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 9
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 0 20
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 55 Total score: 29 Overall rating: Poor

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