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Geaorge St. Paradise 1896

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	24-10-1997
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	17
Taxa count ALT	22
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.4	2.4	2.1
Weighted SIGNAL	2.2	3.1	3

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	44.13%	16,762,090,993m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm 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, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	16.77%	6,369,844,571m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	13.52%	5,135,874,681m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.2 Surface water supply, 1.2.4 Landscape	8.64%	3,279,919,968m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.6 Irrigated perennial flowers and bulbs, 4.4.8 Irrigated citrus, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.2 Irrigated seasonal flowers and bulbs, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	7.84%	2,978,677,318m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation, 4.1.1 Irrigated hardwood plantation forestry	4.38%	1,663,209,416m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.3 Lake - intensive use, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	1.47%	557,236,403m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture	1.20%	454,238,916m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.68%	256,993,729m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.54%	205,494,986m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.27%	100,997,536m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.16%	60,498,524m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.06%	21,499,475m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.02%	6,749,835m²
Show minor land uses 8
				379,815,732m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 24 October 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	6	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	6
Gastropoda KG	85	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Physa acuta KG080101	84
Oligochaeta LO	339	2
Tubificidae Group A LO0499A1	1
Nais elinguis LO050101	1
Pristina sp.(Unident.) LO050599	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	336
Unknown QA	1
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	3

Rhantus saturalis (Larva) QC09230A	2

Diptera QD	167	3
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	2

Psychodidae EPA sp.2 QD1299A2	1

Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	15
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	1
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	71
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	30

Dicrotendipes conjunctus QDAI0603	45
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	2
Odonata QO	1	3
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Taschorema complex QT0113A3	1
Unknown VA	1
Unknown VAAAAAAA	1
Unknown VT	1
Unknown VTAFAAAA	1

SIGNALT	2.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.3

Sampled on 23 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	3	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2
Oligochaeta LO	45	2
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	43
Acarina MM	8	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	7

Mesostigmata (Unident.) MM9999A2	1

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	3

Unknown QA	1086
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1079
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	4
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	3
Coleoptera QC	1	5
Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	1

Diptera QD	321	3
Tipulidae SRV sp.33 QD0199A9	2
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	7

Simulium sp.(Unident.) QD100299	3

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Podonomopsis sp.(Unident.) QDAD0499	293
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	1
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	1
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	12

Lepidoptera QL	4	2
Lepidoptera (Unident.) QL999999	4

Trichoptera QT	1	8
Lingora aurata QT150501	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7