Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Little Yarra River, Gladysdale, opposite school (pyte prop), suburb? ME_YLY060
Date and Time Tuesday 11th November 2003 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Chloro A µg/L D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 9.6 60 0.23 0 14.5 21
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
b. Family Elmidae (riffle beetle adult) b. Family Elmidae (riffle beetle adult) 0 5
Chironomids Chironomids 1 2
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 45
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 20
Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) Stonefly nymph (Plecoptera) 8 10
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 87 Total score: 43 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Creative Commons CC BY
All content, files, data and images provided by the Waterwatch Data Portal and Gallery are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License

Content is made available to be used in any way, and should always attribute Waterwatch and www.vic.waterwatch.org.au