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Tips Lagoon, Merimbula St, Panboola Wetlands, Pambula 3793

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales
Latest Sample Date	30-10-2013
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	13
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.4	3.4	0.8
Weighted SIGNAL	3.3		3.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	46.62%	362,982,225m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture	31.93%	248,645,321m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	9.55%	74,393,881m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	6.73%	52,425,218m²
	Water	6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	2.82%	21,968,663m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	2.34%	18,224,004m²
Show minor land uses 2
				7,786,393m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 30 October 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Gastropoda KG	4	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	4
Unknown M9	6
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	6
Unknown OT	8
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	8

Coleoptera QC	72	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	32
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	40

Diptera QD	84	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	24

Chironomidae QDA00000	60
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	2
Hemiptera QH	118	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	58
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	60
Odonata QO	14	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	14
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	12

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

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