Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Betka River Catchment
  3. EG_BET570
  4. Site visits
  5. 23-10-2008

EG_BET570 Betka Swamp - Stoney Peak Road

23 October 2008

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Betka River
Site Betka Swamp - Stoney Peak Road EG_BET570
Date and Time Thursday 23rd October 2008 09:18am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 245 5.3 0 12 8 10
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Light tannin colour, no odour, good flow, macro sample taken.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 15
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 2
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 29
o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult) o. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Rhantus (Beetle adult) 0 63
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 36
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 5
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 4
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 155 Total score: 21 Overall rating: Poor

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