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Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	18-12-1997
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	27
Taxa count ALT	45
Mayflies present?	13
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.6	4.7	3.6
Weighted SIGNAL	5.2	4.7	4.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	55.89%	14,782,468,918m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.4 Landscape	18.64%	4,929,406,172m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	8.53%	2,256,592,602m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	8.10%	2,143,350,501m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.2 Olives, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits	4.32%	1,142,420,316m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.4 Ports and water transport, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	3.54%	937,434,614m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.6.1 Estuary/coastal waters - conservation	0.28%	72,994,909m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.15%	39,497,245m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	2,749,808m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture	0.00%	749,948m²
Show minor land uses 4
				264,476,553m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 18 December 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	1
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	6
Acarina MM	8	6
Oxidae (Unident.) MM099999	1

Aturidae (Unident.) MM199999	6

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	1

Amphipoda OP	183	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	183

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Antiporus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09169I	15

Diptera QD	137	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	1

Anopheles sp.(Unident.) QD070199	2

Culex sp.(Unident.) QD070799	12

Nilobezzia sp.(Unident.) QD092099	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	1

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	1
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	48
Stictocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0599	1
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	30
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	7
Paralimnophyes sp (dark sp.) QDAF12A1	2
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	4
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	2
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	10
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	11
Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Atalophlebia australasica QE060103	1
Atalophlebia sp.(Unident.) QE060199	3
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	6
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	1
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Microvelia peramoena QH560103	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	6
Odonata QO	2	3
Austroaeschna parvistigma QO210305	1
Austroaeschna sp.(Unident.) QO210399	1
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	6
Trichoptera QT	29	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	7
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	6
Ecnomus continentalis QT080402	2
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	1
Lingora aurata QT150501	1
Notalina bifaria QT250501	1
Triplectides similis QT251108	1
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	10

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1

Sampled on 9 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	22
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	22
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Ferrissia sp.(Unident.) KG060199	3
Oligochaeta LO	22	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	20
Acarina MM	4	6
Hygrobatidae (Unident.) MM159999	1

Aturidae (Unident.) MM199999	2

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	1

Amphipoda OP	231	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	231

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Chostonectes nebulosus QC091502	3

Necterosoma dispar QC092005	3

Diptera QD	100	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	5

Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	4

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	1

Stratiomyidae EPA sp.2 QD2499A2	1
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	4
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	25
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	3
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	6
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	18
Tanytarsini (Unident.) QDAH9999	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	31
Ephemeroptera QE	39	9
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	17
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	8
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	14
Odonata QO	3	3
Adversaeschna brevistyla QO120201	1
Austroaeschna unicornis unicornis QO210308	1
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	1
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	6
Trichoptera QT	31	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	3
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	4
Ecnomus cygnitus QT080405	1
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	8
Lingora aurata QT150501	1
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	1
Triplectides similis QT251108	2
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	6
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.5