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

Newtown Rivulet upstr. Girrabong Rd HOBA30

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 17-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 15
Taxa count ALT 15
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5.5 5.2 4.4
Weighted SIGNAL 4.8 5.4

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 15 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
14
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
1
Oligochaeta LO 22 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
22
Acarina MM 6 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
6
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 2 5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A
2
Elmidae Adults
Diptera QD 67 3
Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999
2
Athericidae (Unident.)
Athericidae (Unident.)
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999
21
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
43
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Plecoptera QP 36 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
36
Trichoptera QT 13 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
9
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999
1
Unknown QT999998
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.5
Weighted SIGNALT 5.1