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Katherine River EE130809KA02

Source	Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Daly River)
Latest Sample Date	01-01-2009
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	36
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.2	4.9	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	7.5	8	3.9

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.2.5 Traditional indigenous uses, 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.1 Defence land - natural areas, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	73.15%	653,120,983,507m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	24.11%	215,247,193,720m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.8 Irrigated citrus, 4.5.1 Irrigated seasonal fruits, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	0.90%	8,030,165,781m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	0.71%	6,300,630,075m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.4.3 Stormwater, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	0.55%	4,948,352,157m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures	0.41%	3,640,075,148m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 4.1.3 Irrigated other forest production	0.07%	602,762,444m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.4 No defined use, 3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.06%	526,010,859m²
	Industrial	5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.03%	257,255,311m²
	Mining	5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.02%	146,503,025m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	40,500,836m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.00%	22,750,470m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses	0.00%	7,000,145m²
Show minor land uses 11
				8,928,901,835m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 January 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	2	6
Hydrodroma sp.(Unident.) MM070199	2

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Laccophilus sp.(Unident.) QC090199	6

Diptera QD	8	3
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	5
Xenochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0599	2
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Ephemeroptera QE	36	9
Cloeon sp.(Unident.) QE020299	1
Pseudocloeon sp.(Unident.) QE020599	35
Trichoptera QT	10	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	2
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	1
Orthotrichia sp.(Unident.) QT030999	7
Unknown	176
Unknown	176

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

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