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E-W Highway 2 7481

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	05-12-1997
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	31
Taxa count ALT	43
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.7	3.2	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3.4	3	3.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.2 Wilderness area, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.4 Landscape	60.15%	28,045,746,176m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	18.84%	8,784,872,335m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation	16.70%	7,788,443,528m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.6.1 Estuary/coastal waters - conservation	1.21%	564,209,688m²
	Unknown	3.6.1 Degraded land, 3.6.4 No defined use	1.07%	500,214,260m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads	0.75%	347,975,138m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture	0.54%	250,232,121m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture	0.01%	5,499,607m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.01%	3,999,714m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	1,499,893m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	1,249,911m²
Show minor land uses 8
				466,294,184m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 December 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	2
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	2
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Gastropoda KG	50	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	2
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	48
Oligochaeta LO	21	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Tubificidae Group B LO0499A2	1
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	17
Acarina MM	78	6
Oxidae (Unident.) MM099999	1

Unionicolidae (Unident.) MM169999	8

Pionidae (Unident.) MM179999	8

Arrenurus sp.(Unident.) MM230199	59

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	2

Unknown MN	1
Oribatida sp. A MN0299A1	1

Amphipoda OP	492	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	492

Unknown OV	2
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101	2

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Chostonectes nebulosus QC091502	3

Necterosoma dispar QC092005	3

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	1

Diptera QD	514	3
Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	12

Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	10

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	118

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	14
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Ephydridae (Unident.) QD789999	1

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	19
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	12
Larsia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1799	16
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	60
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	88
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	5
Tanytarsini (Unident.) QDAH9999	14
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	144
Hemiptera QH	16	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	8
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Enithares bergrothi QH670106	1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	3
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	5	3
Austrolestes sp.(Unident.) QO050199	4
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 31 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	11
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	11
Gastropoda KG	92	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	92
Oligochaeta LO	32	2
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	10
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	21
Acarina MM	22	6
Oxidae (Unident.) MM099999	1

Unionicolidae (Unident.) MM169999	10

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	11

Amphipoda OP	558	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	558

Unknown QA	5
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	3
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	1
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Necterosoma regulare QC092009	3

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	2

Diptera QD	418	3
Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	8

Ceratopogoninae (Unident.) QD0999I1	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	115

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	3
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	23
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	110
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	19
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	10
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	128
Hemiptera QH	31	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	11
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	9
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	11
Odonata QO	9	3
Austrolestes annulosus QO050102	8
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	1

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5