Explore

skip to content

NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Que River at Murchisson Hwy PIEM11

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	24-09-1997
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.6	5.1	3.3
Weighted SIGNAL	3.6		4.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	64.59%	2,378,433,850m²
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	28.58%	1,052,581,363m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	3.66%	134,760,417m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation	2.50%	92,007,112m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.67%	24,751,913m²
Show minor land uses 2
				36,825,347m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 24 September 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	80	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	80
Coleoptera QC	4	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	3

Diptera QD	72	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	61
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 19 March 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	25	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	25
Diptera QD	2	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.2

Our waterways under the magnifying glass

Contact the National Waterbug Blitz Team at info@waterbugblitz.org.au

All Content © 2025 National Waterbug Blitz - All Rights Reserved

| Acknowledgements | Website Privacy Policy