Lower Nambeelup Brook
Basin : Murray River
Catchment : Murray - Serpentine rivers
The condition of the Lower Nambeelup Brook site (MR31NAMB1), in the middle catchment of Nambeelup Brook was assessed between 16 and 17 November 2017, 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, 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.
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 2017.
Fish and crayfish
Eight fish species and one crayfish species were found at this site in 2017, including three exotic fish.
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 at the site
- Blue-spot gobyPseudogobius olorum
- Eastern gambusiaGambusia holbrooki
- Frogsover 30 southwest species
- GilgieCherax quinquecarinatus
- GoldfishCarassius auratus
- NightfishBostockia porosa
- One-spot livebearerPhalloceros caudimaculatus
- South-west glass shrimpPalaemon australis
- South-western snake-necked turtleChelodina colliei
- Western hardyheadLeptatherina wallacei
- Western minnowGalaxias occidentalis
- Western pygmy perchNannoperca vittata
Other aquatic fauna
One western long-necked turtle (Chelodina colliei) and adult frogs were found at this site.
