Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site Heatherdale Creek in Somers Trail, (suburb?) ME_DHK010
Date and Time Wednesday 9th March 2005 12:00pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

D.O mg/L EC µS/cm Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Turb NTU
Sample 390 0.1 0.02 23
Weather
Last rainfall
Flow estimate
Water Appearance
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Chironomids Chironomids 1 50
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 19
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 2
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 500
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 25
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 599 Total score: 22 Overall rating: Poor

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