Bickley Brook - Kenwick Link

Basin : Swan-Coastal

Catchment : Canning River

The condition of the Kenwick Link site (site code: BICKBKKEN/6164350, was assessed between 18 and 19 October 2016, over a 100-m length of stream.

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 Urban Waterways Renewal project.

An online condition summary for this site has not been prepared. Please contact the River Science Branch for site information.

Fish and crayfish

Six fish and two crayfish species were found at this site in October 2010:

  • Pseudogobius olorum (Swan River Goby)
  • Bostockia porosa (Nightfish)
  • Galaxias occidentalis (Western Minnow)
  • Nannoperca vittata (Western Pygmy Perch)
  • Gambusia holbrooki (Eastern Gambusia)
  • Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Speckled Mosquitofish)
  • Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gilgie)
  • Cherax destructor (Yabby)

Only fish and crayfish are targeted by sampling methods. Other species that were caught and/or observed are listed below:

  • Chelodina oblonga (South-western snake-necked turtle)

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Species found in subcatchment

This includes all species found within the subcatchment of the assessment site, from this and previous studies in the area. The photos are linked to more information about each species, including maps of where they are expected across the south-west.

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