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Bogan River @ 'Riverview' 62595

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	28-10-2011
Taxa count ORDER	13
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	22
Mayflies present?	3
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3	3.8	2.8
Weighted SIGNAL	3.7		4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	64.45%	36,039,758,843m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	17.50%	9,783,934,532m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	11.85%	6,624,455,673m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines	2.83%	1,584,989,394m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.37%	763,744,889m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.97%	543,996,360m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	0.90%	504,746,623m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves	0.12%	66,749,553m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production	0.00%	2,749,982m²
Show minor land uses 6
				559,151,258m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 28 October 2011

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Temnocephalidae (Unident.) IF419999	3
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Acarina MM	15	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	15

Unknown OG	11
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	11
Unknown OJ	10
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	10
Unknown OT	38
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	38

Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Coleoptera QC	36	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	18

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	6

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	7

Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999	2

Diptera QD	60	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	10
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	50
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	53	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	44
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	8
Odonata QO	14	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	14
Trichoptera QT	14	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	14

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 19 October 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	7	2
Temnocephalidae (Unident.) IF419999	7
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	2
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OT	24
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	24

Unknown OV	18
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	18

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Diptera QD	15	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	16	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	14
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	2	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	2

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

Sampled on 10 October 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	5	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	5
Unknown OG	72
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	72
Unknown OH	4
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	4
Unknown OJ	22
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	22
Coleoptera QC	29	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	23
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	4

Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999	2

Diptera QD	46	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	38
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	4
Hemiptera QH	36	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	29
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	7
Odonata QO	3	3
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	3
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

Sampled on 9 October 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	9	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	4
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	3
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	2
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OG	22
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	22
Unknown OH	1
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	1
Unknown OJ	16
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	16
Unknown OT	29
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	28

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Coleoptera QC	17	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	2

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	4

Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999	2

Diptera QD	64	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	53
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	5
Hemiptera QH	25	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	17
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	4
Odonata QO	3	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	3
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	2.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4

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