Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site swamp pond at Clark's Park, WI_SWC500
Date and Time Wednesday 23rd May 2007 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
EC µS/cm Hard mg/L pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
freshwater shrimp composed of 117 fariry shrimp and 159 seed shrimp pond returned after higher rainfall. Lots of frog song. Painted frogs especially and 105 tadpoles. Abundance - 320 specimens, from 10 species and tadpoles as well

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 2
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 273
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 7
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 24
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 25
Water-striders Water-striders 4 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 5
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 3
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 342 Total score: 12 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

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