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Dry River, off Bega Street, Quaama 382

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales
Latest Sample Date	28-04-2015
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	14
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	276
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4	3.8	0.9
Weighted SIGNAL	3.4	3	3.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	55.08%	3,167,463,681m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	21.32%	1,226,332,730m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	21.12%	1,214,581,937m²
	Water	6.3.0 River	1.21%	69,754,706m²
	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	0.97%	56,003,778m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.14%	8,000,540m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives	0.11%	6,500,439m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.04%	2,500,169m²
Show minor land uses 5
				57,511,380m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 28 April 2015

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	8	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	8
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Unknown OT	8
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	8

Coleoptera QC	440	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	188
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	252

Diptera QD	8	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Ephemeroptera QE	276	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	276
Hemiptera QH	60	2
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	8
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	48
Odonata QO	16	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	12
Plecoptera QP	4	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	4
Trichoptera QT	96	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	96

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 29 October 2014

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	4
HYDROZOA IB000000	4
Turbellaria IF	24	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	24
Nematoda II	4	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	4
Gastropoda KG	4	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	4
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Oligochaeta LO	20	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	20
Amphipoda OP	12	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	12

Unknown OT	56
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	56

Coleoptera QC	408	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	148
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	240

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	20

Diptera QD	136	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	24

Chironomidae QDA00000	12
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	100

Ephemeroptera QE	300	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	300
Hemiptera QH	20	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	20
Odonata QO	32	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	20
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	12
Plecoptera QP	144	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	144
Trichoptera QT	48	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	48

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 7 May 2014

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	2
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Amphipoda OP	24	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	24

Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Coleoptera QC	49	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	21
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	25

Diptera QD	100	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	100

Ephemeroptera QE	96	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	96
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Odonata QO	5	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	5
Plecoptera QP	46	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	46
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	15

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

Sampled on 11 October 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	12	2
TURBELLARIA IF000000	12
Nematoda II	12	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	12
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Amphipoda OP	60	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	60

Unknown OT	248
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	248

Coleoptera QC	628	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	176
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	12

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	440

Diptera QD	92	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	80

Chironomidae QDA00000	12
Ephemeroptera QE	220	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	220
Hemiptera QH	60	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	4
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	40
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	12
Odonata QO	36	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	12
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	24
Plecoptera QP	144	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	144
Trichoptera QT	64	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	64

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.2

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