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Sporer Rd 13132

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	14-05-1998
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	38
Mayflies present?	68
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4	3.5	2.6
Weighted SIGNAL	2.4	3.3	3.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	66.96%	29,855,789,681m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.8 Pulses, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	11.74%	5,235,362,410m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	10.54%	4,698,152,181m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	4.64%	2,067,346,948m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	2.52%	1,122,666,885m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	2.26%	1,007,675,399m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.72%	323,226,071m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	0.34%	153,738,618m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.22%	100,242,579m²
	Unknown	4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition	0.02%	6,749,500m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	6,249,537m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond	0.01%	5,749,574m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.01%	2,749,796m²
Show minor land uses 9
				445,856,992m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 14 May 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Gastropoda KG	36	1
Austropeplea tomentosa KG050102	6
Unknown KG0702A2	20
Gyraulus sp.(Unident.) KG070799	10
Acarina MM	4	6
Hydryphantidae (Unident.) MM059999	2

Pionidae (Unident.) MM179999	2

Unknown QA	864
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	624
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	240
Coleoptera QC	164	5
Antiporus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09169I	48

Sternopriscus sp.(Unident.) QC091899	12

Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	6

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	6

Megaporus howitti QC092103	6

Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	20

Rhantus saturalis QC092301	2

Lancetes lanceolatus (Larva) QC09240A	4

Hyderodes shuckardi QC092801	2

Hyderodes shuckardi (Larva) QC09280A	4

Berosus majusculus QC110417	4

Limnoxenus zealandicus (larvae) QC11140A	44

Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	6

Diptera QD	66	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	4

Odontomyia sp.(Unident.) QD240199	4
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	10
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	10
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	36

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	2
Ephemeroptera QE	68	9
Cloeon sp.(Unident.) QE020299	68
Hemiptera QH	40	2
Sigara sublaevifrons QH650202	4
Sigara truncatipala QH650204	2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	12
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	4
Anisops thienemanni QH670401	8
Anisops hackeri QH670405	2
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	8
Odonata QO	26	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	18
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	8
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Triplectides australis QT251103	2

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5