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Tributary off Back Creek LAKE05

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	27-10-1997
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5	5.2	4.3
Weighted SIGNAL	5.1		5.9

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	52.24%	6,343,707,886m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies	31.40%	3,812,725,969m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 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, 5.7.3 Railways	7.93%	962,933,349m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	3.77%	458,087,223m²
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	2.41%	292,305,657m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.92%	111,771,282m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.63%	76,514,569m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.22%	26,505,047m²
	Unknown	3.6.1 Degraded land	0.17%	20,503,904m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.14%	16,503,142m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.13%	16,003,047m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.05%	6,251,190m²
Show minor land uses 8
				121,438,123m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 27 October 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Coleoptera QC	4	5
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	2

Diptera QD	27	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	8

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	17
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	5
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

Sampled on 30 April 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	2	5
Unknown QC10999A	2
Diptera QD	111	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	77

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	33
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Trichoptera QT	92	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	91

SIGNALT	5.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5

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