Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Barwon River @ Queens Park Bridge (Zylla Craucar) CO_BAR110
Date and Time Friday 12th June 2009 14:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
D.O. % D.O mg/L E coli orgs/100mL EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Secchi m Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Sampled with Gordon TAFE students - phys chem results deleted 13/12 by BVN Weather was sunny There was rainfall in the last 24 hours The estimated flow was slow Water appearance was Clear and had a stained brown

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 100
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 10
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 2
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 2
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 100
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 5
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 50
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 273 Total score: 36 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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