Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Pencil Park Wetlands ME_DPP800
Date and Time Sunday 29th April 2012 11:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

N mg/L NH4+ D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0.03 5 590 7.7 0.25 13.5 10
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week 72
Flow estimate PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance Muddy,Stained brown
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
EC calibrated @ 1520 (not 1420) Air Temperature not taken as thermometer was not working. Need to get depth at next visit

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 20
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 25
Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) Dragonfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 5
Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia) 5 1
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 25
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 250
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 10
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 5
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 100
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 5
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 400
Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) Segmented Worm (Oligochaeta) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 861 Total score: 54 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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