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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Newtown Rivulet 50m below factory outlet HOBA27

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 17-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 14
Taxa count ALT 14
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.1 3.2 2.9
Weighted SIGNAL 2 3.4

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Natural 1.1.3 National park 50.93% 505,602,261m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads 30.15% 299,264,579m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 12.61% 125,151,548m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 6.32% 62,700,676m2
9,927,191m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 89 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
53
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999
6
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
29
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
1
Hirudinea LH 2 1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999
2
Oligochaeta LO 45 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
45
Acarina MM 8 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
8
Mites (Unident.)
Isopoda OR 2 2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.) OR259999
2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.)
Diptera QD 36 3
Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999
1
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999
24
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
10
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
1
Plecoptera QP 5 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
5
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.1
Weighted SIGNALT 3.4