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Latrobe Creek at Frogmore Lane MERS11

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 13-10-1997
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 20
Taxa count ALT 20
Mayflies present? 6
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.2 3.8 2.9
Weighted SIGNAL 3.4 3.5

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads 45.06% 889,074,643m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 17.50% 345,278,988m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping 17.03% 336,028,211m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 13.28% 262,021,998m2
  Intensive Pastoral Farming 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.6 Horse studs 3.27% 64,505,416m2
Show minor land uses 4
19,729,156m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 87 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
67
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
20
Bivalvia KP 2 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
2
Oligochaeta LO 21 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
21
Unknown OT 12
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
12
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 1 5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A
1
Diptera QD 275 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
14
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
11
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
34
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
196
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
19
Ephemeroptera QE 6 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
6
Hemiptera QH 2 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
1
Odonata QO 10 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
9
Lestidae (Unident.) QO059999
1
Plecoptera QP 1 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
1
Trichoptera QT 7 8
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999
1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
6
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.2
Weighted SIGNALT 3.4
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999
1
Gastropoda KG 18 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
6
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
12
Bivalvia KP 12 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
12
Oligochaeta LO 30 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
30
Acarina MM 60 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
60
Mites (Unident.)
Diptera QD 23 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
3
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
11
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
1
Hemiptera QH 3 2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
3
Odonata QO 6 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
6
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.4
Weighted SIGNALT 3.2
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 26 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
25
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
1
Bivalvia KP 2 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
2
Hirudinea LH 2 1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999
2
Diptera QD 219 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
68
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
140
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
4
Plecoptera QP 3 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
3
Trichoptera QT 2 8
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999
2
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.3
Weighted SIGNALT 3.5