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Candelo Creek, downstream of Eden St bridge, Candelo 419

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales
Latest Sample Date	21-10-2014
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	16
Taxa count ALT	17
Mayflies present?	225
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.2	3.2	1.2
Weighted SIGNAL	3.3	3	3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	38.55%	3,793,212,335m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	35.73%	3,515,678,508m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	24.75%	2,435,296,826m²
	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	0.60%	59,507,253m²
	Water	6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.23%	22,752,773m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.2 Olives	0.08%	8,251,006m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.05%	4,750,579m²
Show minor land uses 4
				98,394,493m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 21 October 2014

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	9	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	9
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	6
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Unknown M9	3
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	3
Amphipoda OP	117	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	117

Unknown OT	12
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	12

Coleoptera QC	240	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	135
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	105

Diptera QD	45	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	30

Chironomidae QDA00000	15
Ephemeroptera QE	225	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	225
Hemiptera QH	60	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	15
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	15
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	30
Odonata QO	90	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	60
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	30
Trichoptera QT	54	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	54

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 3 April 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	9	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	9
Gastropoda KG	39	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	39
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown M9	13
ARACHNIDA (Unident.) M9999999	13
Amphipoda OP	18	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	18

Unknown OT	216
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	216

Coleoptera QC	67	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	28
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	39

Diptera QD	4	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Ephemeroptera QE	600	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	600
Hemiptera QH	36	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	6
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	10
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	19
Odonata QO	41	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	13
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	28
Trichoptera QT	40	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	40

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

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