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Horse Creek @ Penshurst 52203

Source Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date 04-12-2008
Taxa count ORDER 14
Taxa count FAMILY 25
Taxa count ALT 25
Mayflies present? 8
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.2 3.6 2.4
Weighted SIGNAL 4.3 3.3

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 85.37% 1,124,669,591m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 13.61% 179,237,185m2
Show minor land uses 3
13,174,058m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
 1
Gastropoda KG 12 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
 12
Bivalvia KP 9 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
 9
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999
 1
Oligochaeta LO 2 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
 2
Acarina MM 2 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
 2
Mites (Unident.)
Unknown OG 4
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999
 4
Unknown OT 8
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
 8
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 36 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
 9
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999
 18
Gyrinidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
 9
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 24 3
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999
 2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
 6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
 16
Ephemeroptera QE 8 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
 6
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
 2
Hemiptera QH 26 2
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999
 7
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
 14
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
 5
Odonata QO 22 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
 14
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999
 6
Protoneuridae (Unident.) QO049999
 1
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999
 1
Trichoptera QT 8 8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999
 2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
 6
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.2
Weighted SIGNALT 3.3

   

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