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Ring River tributary at Murchison Hwy PIEM64

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	14-04-2007
Taxa count ORDER	2
Taxa count FAMILY	3
Taxa count ALT	3
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3	3	1
Weighted SIGNAL	3		3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	62.96%	2,251,004,435m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	35.37%	1,264,612,042m²
	Mining	5.8.1 Mines	0.90%	32,246,482m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads	0.52%	18,747,955m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.17%	6,249,318m²
	Water	6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation	0.06%	2,249,755m²
Show minor land uses 4
				35,751,100m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 14 April 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Diptera QD	5	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 16 October 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

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