Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Kiewa River Catchment
  3. NE_WET050
  4. Site visits
  5. 05-12-2005

NE_WET050 Wetland, Les Stone Park (Brockley St)

5 December 2005

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

Overview

Catchment Kiewa River
Site Wetland, Les Stone Park (Brockley St) NE_WET050
Date and Time Monday 5th December 2005 15:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 65 5 90 7.5 0.125 27 25
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Tested at least 2 days after heavy rainfall and flooding (wild storms).

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 40
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 40
q. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Spencerhydrus (Beetle adult) q. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Spencerhydrus (Beetle adult) 0 6
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 60
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 16
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 4
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 25
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 5
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 205 Total score: 36 Overall rating: Good

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