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ME_DTW100 Tirhatuan Wetlands, off Dandenong Creek, Rowville

24 January 2016

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

Overview

Catchment Dandenong
Site Tirhatuan Wetlands, off Dandenong Creek, Rowville ME_DTW100
Date and Time Sunday 24th January 2016 10:00am
Approved Approved

Notes

Present: Judith, Julie, Ian, Dorothea, Sophie, Cheng
Depth 0.2m. Mud at margins, hard to get a water sample, got a very muddy, small sample

Physical Chemical Tests

No physical chemical tests recorded on this visit
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 FTU
Sample
Weather overcast
Last rainfall During the last 24 hours
Flow estimate PERMANENT: wetlands and lakes
Water Appearance Muddy
Stream depth
Stream width
Hazards
Litter/Pollutants
Unusually high DO reading, but had recently had rain so there had been some flow in. However, the low depth, high salinity and muddy sample may have messed up the reading.

Creatures Waterwatch method

Image Species Score Quantity
Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) Caddis-fly Larvae (Trichoptera) 7 1
Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) Beetle larvae (Coleoptera) 4 3
Flatworms (Turbellaria) 3 1
True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) True Bugs - Backswimmers, Water-boatmen, Water-striders (Hemiptera) 4 20
Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) Mosquito Larvae (Diptera) 2 2
Total bug score
Total abundance 0 - 35 35+
0 - 200 Poor Good
200+ Fair Very good
Total abundance: 27 Total score: 19 Overall rating: Poor

Diary photos

No diary entries recorded for this visit

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