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Farnhams Creek at Barcoo Rd MONT13

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	23-02-1999
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	10
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	3
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.1	4.8	4
Weighted SIGNAL	6.6		4.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	50.52%	1,563,337,446m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	21.98%	680,223,158m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	11.41%	352,995,541m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	8.21%	253,926,630m²
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area	6.74%	208,645,132m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.57%	17,762,355m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.7.2 Roads	0.56%	17,262,007m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.02%	500,348m²
Show minor land uses 3
				30,946,526m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 February 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	20	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	20
Bivalvia KP	2	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	2
Amphipoda OP	87	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	87

Diptera QD	6	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	3
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Trichoptera QT	25	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	23

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

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