Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Wimmera
Site Yarriambiack Creek, Warracknabeal, Asquith Ave WI_YRM451
Date and Time Monday 15th September 2008 14:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

EC µS/cm pH pH Units Water ° C
Sample 600 7.1 15
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
sample for BPS/ANPS creek visit pondsnails, seed shirmps, backswimmers, watermites, water f lease, cyclops, boatmen, divingbeetles, longjawed spider plains and common Eastern Froglets, tadpoles, gambuzia milfoil, aglae, common Rush, Rice sedge pacific Black Ducks

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 1
d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) d. Family Hydrophilidae, Genus Helochares (Beetle adult) 2 5
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 20
j. Order Conchostraca  (clam shrimp) j. Order Conchostraca (clam shrimp) 0 100
n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) n. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Eretes (Beetle adult) 0 21
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 10
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 1
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 161 Total score: 11 Overall rating: Poor

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