Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Ovens River
Site Happy Valley Creek, Carrolls Road Site 7 NE_HPV070
Date and Time Sunday 1st November 2009 08:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N Nitr mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
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Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
10m edge sample length. 90 minute sampe time. Bugs that couldn't be recorded in database: Water Beetle Larvae 20 A mass of tiny water beetles (1-2mm) No sign of true fly larvae.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 50
h. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Australphilus (Beetle adult) 0 1
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 3
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 7
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 10
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 8
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 15
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 40
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 139 Total score: 33 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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