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ME_DDN083_RD Dandenong Creek @ Tirhatuan Park

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Overview

Site code ME_DDN083_RD
Site name Dandenong Creek @ Tirhatuan Park
Status Active
Region Melbourne
Basin Bunyip River
Catchment Dandenong
Sub catchment Dandenong Creek
Reach
Water type Creek
Council
Monitoring organisations

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Waterbugs

10-12-2018
Total score: 2.4 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Chironomids, blood worms

Score: 4 Chironomids, blood worms

Glass shrimps

Score: 3 Glass shrimps

Backswimmers

Score: 1 Backswimmers

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms
10-12-2018
Total score: 3.3333333333333 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Chironomids, blood worms

Score: 4 Chironomids, blood worms

Freshwater prawns

Score: 4 Freshwater prawns

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
10-12-2018
Total score: 2.4 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Chironomids, blood worms

Score: 4 Chironomids, blood worms

Glass shrimps

Score: 3 Glass shrimps

Backswimmers

Score: 1 Backswimmers

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms
10-05-2019
Total score: 2.25 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Chironomids, blood worms

Score: 4 Chironomids, blood worms

Freshwater snails

Score: 1 Freshwater snails

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms
15-06-2019
Total score: 2 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
17-06-2019
Total score: 3.6666666666667 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Water mites

Score: 5 Water mites

Pogs

Score: 4 Pogs

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
22-07-2019
Total score: 2 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Flatworms

Score: 2 Flatworms

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms
16-08-2019
Total score: 2.25 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Chironomids, blood worms

Score: 4 Chironomids, blood worms

Backswimmers

Score: 1 Backswimmers

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms
20-08-2019
Total score: 4.6 Overall rating: Moderate pollution

Free-living caddis larvae

Score: 8 Free-living caddis larvae

Marsh beetle larvae

Score: 6 Marsh beetle larvae

Dragonfly larvae

Score: 3 Dragonfly larvae

Whirligig beetles

Score: 4 Whirligig beetles

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
16-09-2019
Total score: 2 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Water beetles

Score: 2 Water beetles

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
20-10-2019
Total score: 3.4615384615385 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Toebiters

Score: 10 Toebiters

Black fly larvae

Score: 5 Black fly larvae

Water mites

Score: 5 Water mites

Damselfly larvae

Score: 3 Damselfly larvae

Dragonfly larvae

Score: 3 Dragonfly larvae

Fly larvae

Score: 3 Fly larvae

Pogs

Score: 4 Pogs

Whirligig beetles

Score: 4 Whirligig beetles

Backswimmers

Score: 1 Backswimmers

Flatworms

Score: 2 Flatworms

Mosquito larvae, wrigglers

Score: 1 Mosquito larvae, wrigglers

Water tigers

Score: 2 Water tigers

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
22-11-2019
Total score: 1.4 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Backswimmers

Score: 1 Backswimmers

Freshwater snails

Score: 1 Freshwater snails

Leeches

Score: 1 Leeches

Scavenger beetle larvae

Score: 2 Scavenger beetle larvae

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen
24-11-2019
Total score: 1.6666666666667 Overall rating: Severe pollution

Water treaders

Score: 1 Water treaders

Waterboatmen

Score: 2 Waterboatmen

Worms

Score: 2 Worms

Habitat

Date Comment Bank Erosion Stability Bank Vegetation In Stream Cover Riffles Pools Bends Verge Vegetation Overall
24-11-2019 Good 4 Good 8 VeryPoor 2 Excellent 5 Excellent 10 29
22-11-2019 Poor 2 Fair 6 VeryPoor 2 Poor 2 Fair 6 18
20-10-2019 Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 6 Fair 3 Fair 6 24
16-09-2019 Excellent 5 Excellent 10 Fair 6 Excellent 5 Good 8 34
20-08-2019 Fair 3 Fair 6 Good 8 Good 4 Fair 6 27
16-08-2019 Poor 2 Fair 6 Fair 6 Poor 2 Poor 4 20
17-06-2019 Poor 2 Excellent 10 Fair 6 Excellent 5 Fair 6 29
14-06-2019 Fair 3 Fair 6 Fair 6 Fair 3 Poor 4 22