Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Barwon River
Site Williamsons Creek CO_WIL010
Date and Time Wednesday 22nd July 2009 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C P mg/L Turb NTU
Sample
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
winter macro survey results - very good stream condition

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Freshwater shrimp Freshwater shrimp 5 5
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 20
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 5
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 3
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 1
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) 4 100
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 294 Total score: 30 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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