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ME_DDA200 Dandenong Creek

6 September 2009

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Creatures Diary Photos 0
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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Dandenong Creek ME_DDA200
Date and Time Sunday 6th September 2009 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Ian, Julie, Judith present

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 37 4 201 7.4 0.03 14 12.2 43 19
Weather cloudy
Last rainfall During the last week
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
New gauge takes a long time to settle on pH

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) Damselfly Nymph (Odonata) 6 1
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 6
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 2
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 80
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: 96 Total score: 21 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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