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Catchment Yarra River
Site Merri Creek @ O'Hearns Rd, Somerton ME_YMR190
Date and Time Wednesday 14th September 2011 10:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 10 1580 8.5 0.05 13.7 12.3 12
Weather sunny
Last rainfall Raining now
Flow estimate
Water Appearance Smelly,Milky
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 7
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 10
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 3
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 17
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 4
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 44 Total score: 34 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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