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ME_YSC100 Mt Waverley Wetlands, at the rocky embankment at the most westerly end of the wetland, nearest the spillway

22 September 2013

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 0
Site visit details

Overview

Catchment Yarra River
Site Mt Waverley Wetlands, at the rocky embankment at the most westerly end of the wetland, nearest the spillway ME_YSC100
Date and Time Sunday 22nd September 2013 09:30am
Approved Approved

Notes

Physical Chemical Tests

Ammon-Nit mg/L NH3-N N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % 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 FTU Turb NTU
Sample 0.03 52 5.3 190 6.9 0.055 17 13 25
Weather sunny
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours 1
Flow estimate PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance Clear
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants bottles,packets,paper
Pond is at treatment level, following good rain and in-flow in the previous week, flow out has stopped at the time of this visit.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 2
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 1
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 4
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 20
Leeches (Hirudinea) Leeches (Hirudinea) 3 2
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 1
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 2
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
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: 40 Total score: 30 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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