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Freshwater Creek, above Imlay St Bridge, Eden 307

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales
Latest Sample Date	23-10-2013
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.5	2.8	0.8
Weighted SIGNAL	3.7	3	2.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	53.31%	190,758,470m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	34.05%	121,845,724m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission	10.96%	39,200,366m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake	0.91%	3,245,890m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.42%	1,498,103m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.35%	1,248,419m²
Show minor land uses 3
				3,577,970m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 October 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	6	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	6
Nematoda II	9	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	9
Gastropoda KG	99	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	99
Bivalvia KP	6	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	6
Unknown M9	375
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	375
Coleoptera QC	45	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	30
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	15

Diptera QD	333	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	42

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	252

Chironomidae QDA00000	39
Odonata QO	21	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	15
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	6

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

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