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Sandy Creek , Tanja 377

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales
Latest Sample Date	08-05-2018
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	12
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3	2.9	1.3
Weighted SIGNAL	2.7	3	2.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	64.55%	808,687,129m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	21.95%	275,058,551m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	7.04%	88,188,618m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure	3.83%	47,966,614m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	2.63%	32,977,047m²
Show minor land uses 1
				12,528,780m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 May 2018

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	3
Nematoda II	45	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	45
Unknown M9	90
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	90
Amphipoda OP	9	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	9

Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	6
Diptera QD	12	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	6

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	12
Hemiptera QH	15	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	3
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	12
Odonata QO	51	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	30
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	21

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

Sampled on 4 May 2017

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown M9	66
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	66
Amphipoda OP	261	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	261

Unknown OT	144
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	144

Coleoptera QC	39	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	39
Diptera QD	36	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	36

Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	12
Hemiptera QH	36	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	36
Odonata QO	6	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	6

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 23 April 2015

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	8
Nematoda II	155	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	155
Gastropoda KG	28	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	28
Bivalvia KP	0	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	0
Unknown M9	450
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	450
Amphipoda OP	465	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	465

Isopoda OR	16	2
ISOPODA OR000000	16
Unknown OT	1270
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	1270

Decapoda OZ	0	4
CRUSTACEA (Unident.) OZ999999	0
Coleoptera QC	45	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	15
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	30

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	0

Diptera QD	32	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	8

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	20

Chironomidae QDA00000	4
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	0

Ephemeroptera QE	15	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	15
Hemiptera QH	44	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	12
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	0
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	0
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	32
Megaloptera QM	0	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	0

Odonata QO	470	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	435
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	35
Plecoptera QP	0	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	0
Trichoptera QT	75	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	75
Unknown	0
Unknown	0

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 8 May 2014

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	18	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	18
Nematoda II	270	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	270
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	3
Unknown M9	588
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	588
Amphipoda OP	135	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	135

Unknown OT	750
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	750

Coleoptera QC	102	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	36
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	36

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	30

Ephemeroptera QE	60	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	60
Hemiptera QH	105	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	24
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	63
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	18
Odonata QO	348	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	306
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	42

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

Sampled on 10 October 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	110	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	110
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Unknown M9	85
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	85
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	57	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	12
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	45

Diptera QD	20	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	16

Chironomidae QDA00000	4
Ephemeroptera QE	30	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	30
Odonata QO	2	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1
Unknown	0
Unknown	0

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9

Sampled on 25 March 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	1
Nematoda II	3	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Unknown M9	29
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	29
Unknown OT	6
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	6

Coleoptera QC	20	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	20
Diptera QD	35	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	4

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	20

Chironomidae QDA00000	11
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	5
Hemiptera QH	52	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	5
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	12
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	17
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	18
Odonata QO	5	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

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