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Pieman River ds Reece Dam PIEM01

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	13-10-1998
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.7	3.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3		3.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	73.16%	1,791,284,291m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	25.80%	631,776,615m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.6.2 Hydro electricity generation, 5.7.2 Roads	0.86%	21,009,199m²
	Water	6.1.2 Lake - production, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.1 River - conservation	0.18%	4,501,971m²
Show minor land uses 2
				24,485,721m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 13 October 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	34	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	34
Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Isopoda OR	2	2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.) OR259999	2

Coleoptera QC	2	5
Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	2

Diptera QD	4	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	2

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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