Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Bunyip River
Site MPVA13 - Dam supplied from East Creek tributary ME_EES800
Date and Time Monday 14th March 2011 12:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ Cu mg/L D.O mg/L EC µS/cm FrP mg/L P Nitrate-Nit mg/L N pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 5 2100 6.1 0.07 27 21.7 70
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth 10
Stream width 5
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 1
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 4
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 1
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 5
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 7
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 7
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 41 Total score: 48 Overall rating: Good

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