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Pian Ck @ Wharparilla 61335

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	23-04-2009
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	1.3	1.5	1.3
Weighted SIGNAL	1.6		2.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	59.31%	155,676,389,188m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	37.70%	98,950,041,890m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	1.72%	4,517,047,562m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	0.62%	1,632,517,190m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.55%	1,441,015,173m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.07%	189,501,995m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.2 Feedlots	0.01%	24,250,255m²
	Natural	1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.01%	17,250,182m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	7,750,082m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill	0.00%	6,250,066m²
Show minor land uses 8
				2,624,620,136m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 April 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Temnocephalidae (Unident.) IF419999	3
Unknown OJ	10
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	10
Isopoda OR	2	2
Corallanidae OR099999	2
Unknown OT	17
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	9

Unknown OV	8
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	8

Diptera QD	6	3
Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Hemiptera QH	15	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	11

SIGNALT	1.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.1

Sampled on 9 June 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	2
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OJ	15
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	15
Unknown OT	12
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	4

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	5

Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999	1
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Diptera QD	97	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	6
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	31
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	42
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	10
Hemiptera QH	60	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	8
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	6
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	41
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	4
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	1
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

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