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Montagu River off Eldridge Rd at Montagu Swamp MONT07

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	26-02-1999
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	4.3	2.9
Weighted SIGNAL	7.2		5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	46.27%	7,071,230,020m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	25.70%	3,928,155,535m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	22.66%	3,463,607,576m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	3.21%	491,300,721m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	1.84%	280,528,961m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.7.2 Roads	0.25%	37,503,872m²
	Water	6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct	0.04%	6,000,619m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition	0.01%	2,250,232m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	1,500,155m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	750,077m²
Show minor land uses 6
				152,828,278m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 26 February 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Amphipoda OP	6	3
Eusiridae (Unident.) OP039999	6

Diptera QD	2	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Odonata QO	1	3
Synthemistidae (Unident.) QO239999	1
Trichoptera QT	25	8
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	24

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9

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