Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Ovens River
Site Fosters Lake, Glenrowan PS NE_FOS010
Date and Time Wednesday 8th November 2006 10:00am
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 45 4 200 6 18 35
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
lake not full, alage present. Plenty of birds and instream vegetation and snags. Do diluted 1:5

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) g. Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle adult) 0 25
h. Family Dytiscidae, Genus Australphilus (Beetle adult) 0 25
h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) h. Order Anostraca (fairy shrimp and introduced sea monkeys) 4 1
Water-boatmen Water-boatmen 4 80
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 6
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 5
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 10
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Freshwater slater (Isopoda) Freshwater slater (Isopoda) 5 20
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 100
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 8
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 45
Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) Side Swimmer/Scud (Amphipoda) 4 60
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 1
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 0 3
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 35
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 428 Total score: 50 Overall rating: Good

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