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ME_DDN015 Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia

16 July 2015

Overview Notes Phy Chem Tests Habitat Creatures Diary Photos 0
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Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Dandenong Creek, Liverpool Road Retarding Basin, Boronia ME_DDN015
Date and Time Thursday 16th July 2015 12:30pm
Approved Approved

Notes

See comment on bugs page

Physical Chemical Tests

N mg/L NH4+ D.O. % D.O mg/L EC µS/cm pH pH Units rP mg/L P Air ° C Water ° C Turb NTU
Sample 0 64 7.2 200 7.8 0 13 11 200
Weather raining
Last rainfall Raining Now
Flow estimate MEDIUM: flow is normal/typical average flow
Water Appearance Milky
Stream depth 0 - 50cm
Stream width 2m - 5m
Hazards raining lightly
Litter/Pollutants
The water temperature has dropped significantly since last time

Habitat

Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
Poor 2 Poor 4 Fair 6 Good 4 Fair 6 Fair 22

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 2
Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) Mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) 7 10
Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) Freshwater Shrimp/Prawn (Atyidae) 5 30
Water mites (Acarina) Water mites (Acarina) 5 2
Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) Yabbies/Marron/Gilgie Freshwater (Decapoda) 5 1
Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) Aquatic Beetles - Diving Beetles, Whirligig Beetles (Coleoptera) 3 7
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 7
Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) 3 10
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 7
Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) Non Biting Midge Larvae - Bloodworms (Diptera) 1 1
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 77 Total score: 44 Overall rating: Good

Diary photos

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