Bickley Brook - Eva Street Downstream

Basin : Swan-Coastal

Catchment : Canning River

The condition of the Bickley Brook - Eva St Downstream site (site code: BICKBKEDS), in the upper catchment of Bickley Brook, was assessed between 7 and 8 November 2012, over a 100-m length of stream. The site was also assessed in spring of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The assessment was conducted using standard methods from the South West Index of River Condition. Measures chosen for this assessment included fish and crayfish, macroinvertebrates, aquatic habitat, water quality (dissolved oxygen and temperature logged over 24h, and electrical conductivity, pH, colour, alkalinity, turbidity and nutrients), fringing vegetation, channel morphology, erosion, connectivity, local land use and flow.

Condition summary

This site was assessed as part of the River Health Assessment Scheme project.

An online condition summary for this site has not been prepared. Please contact the Departments River Science team for site information, and see below for links to information on some of the species found at the site, and some images taken in November 2012.

Fish and crayfish

No fish or crayfish were found in November 2012.