Lower Gingin Brook Upstream
Basin : Moore-Hill rivers
Catchment : Moore River
The condition of the Lower Gingin Brook Upstream (site code: MR17GING1), in the middle catchment of the Gingin Brook, was assessed between 25 and 26 February 2019, over a 100-m length of stream. At this time no previous assessments of river ecology had been reported.
The assessment was conducted using standard methods from the South West Index of River Condition. Measures chosen for this assessment included fish and crayfish, aquatic habitat, water quality (dissolved oxygen, temperature, electrical conductivity, and pH logged over 24h, and colour, alkalinity, turbidity and nutrients), fringing vegetation, channel morphology, erosion, connectivity, local land use and flow.
The site was previously reported as site code: MR-04, site reference: 6171328) and was assessed between 28 and 29 October 2008, over a 100-m length of stream - view report here.
Condition summary
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 2019.
Fish and crayfish
Seven fish species and one crayfish species were found at this site in 2019, including one exotic fish species.
A list of species is provided at the bottom of the page, click on the images to learn more about each species.
Note: only fish and crayfish are targeted by sampling methods, however where other species were caught and/or observed they are included below.
Species found in subcatchment
Native Species
Exotic Species
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