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Macquarie River at Barton MACQ36

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	19-03-2020
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	20
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.6	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	3.1		3.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes	35.03%	92,016,136,535m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	28.09%	73,781,357,190m²
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity	14.37%	37,730,043,438m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	12.90%	33,877,590,056m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits	5.10%	13,391,837,949m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	1.54%	4,042,201,086m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline	1.44%	3,789,954,139m²
	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, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.89%	2,327,971,830m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.61%	1,593,980,712m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.03%	76,999,068m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.01%	16,249,803m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	5,499,933m²
Show minor land uses 7
				2,626,498,217m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 March 2020

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	6	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	6
Gastropoda KG	40	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	21
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	19
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Amphipoda OP	105	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	66

Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	39

Unknown OT	10
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	10

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Unknown QC10999A	1
Diptera QD	74	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	53
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Odonata QO	11	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	5
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	4
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 7 November 2019

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	10	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	10
Gastropoda KG	35	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	28
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	7
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	717	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	315

Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	402

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Diptera QD	100	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	24

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	23
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	48
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	9	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	2
Odonata QO	27	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	15
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	2
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	5
Trichoptera QT	68	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	20
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	34
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	9
Unknown QT999998	3

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2