Waterwatch Data Portal

  1. Waterwatch Data Portal
  2. Yarra River Catchment
  3. ME_YPL690
  4. Site visits
  5. 25-10-2012

ME_YPL690 Plenty River at Kalparrin Ave (at Ford Crossing) Greensborough

25 October 2012

Overview Notes Creatures Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Plenty River at Kalparrin Ave (at Ford Crossing) Greensborough ME_YPL690
Date and Time Thursday 25th October 2012 18:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 5
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 2
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 1
Roundworms (Nematoda) Roundworms (Nematoda) 3 20
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 10
Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) Biting Midge Larvae (Diptera) 2 6
Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) Fly Larvae -True, Black, Crane, March, Horse, and Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera) 2 10
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 5
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 63 Total score: 34 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

Creative Commons CC BY
All content, files, data and images provided by the Waterwatch Data Portal and Gallery are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License

Content is made available to be used in any way, and should always attribute Waterwatch and www.vic.waterwatch.org.au