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STUART CREEK AT BRUCE HWY 1181007

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	20-10-1998
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	28
Taxa count ALT	28
Mayflies present?	24
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.1	3.5	2.4
Weighted SIGNAL	4.3		3.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.1 Defence land - natural areas, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	84.92%	5,419,237,508m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	6.45%	411,556,009m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline	4.17%	266,036,205m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	2.07%	132,017,966m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.3 Major industrial complex	1.84%	117,265,959m²
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.50%	32,004,355m²
	Arable Farming	4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits	0.05%	3,500,476m²
Show minor land uses 4
				63,816,185m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 October 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	22	1
Thiaridae (Unident.) KG049999	20
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Erpobdellidae (Unident.) LH059999	1
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OJ	3
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	3
Unknown OT	23
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	20

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	3

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	5
Diptera QD	30	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	12
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	14
Ephemeroptera QE	24	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	4
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	8
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	12
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	1
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	1
Odonata QO	18	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	15
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	3
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

Sampled on 5 June 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	27	1
Thiaridae (Unident.) KG049999	19
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	8
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Unknown OH	1
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	1
Unknown OT	32
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	32

Coleoptera QC	20	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	14
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999	1
Limnichidae (Unident.) QC359999	1
Diptera QD	10	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	14	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	13
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Gelastocoridae (Unident.) QH649999	2
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	1
Odonata QO	26	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	11
Protoneuridae (Unident.) QO049999	1
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	13
Trichoptera QT	9	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

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