Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Edgars Creek at the Waterfall, Ronald St, Coburg ME_YED030
Date and Time Sunday 8th January 2017 09:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 61.81 5 1040 8.1 0.03 32 26 9
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

There had been floods on 29/12/2015

Creatures Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

Image Species Score Quantity
a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis) a. Family Hydropsychidae (net spinning caddis) 6 25
c. Family Atyidae (glass shrimp) 4 21
c. Family Sphaeriidae and Family Corbiculidae (basket and pea shells) 4 2
c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches) c. Phylum Annelida, class Hirudinea, (leeches) 1 1
e. Family Lestidae and Family Coenagrionidae (Damselfly nymph) 2 8
g. Family Chironomidae (chironomids - True Fly larvae) 3 21
j. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (little diving beetles) j. Family Dytiscidae, various genera (little diving beetles) 1 2
q. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Triplectides (stick caddis) 4 4
t. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Notalina (Headbanger caddis) t. Family Leptoceridae, Genus Notalina (Headbanger caddis) 6 15
ALT Signal Score 3.33
Weighted ALT Signal Score 3.89

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