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Ringarooma River downstream Hardwickes Lagoon RING67

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	12-04-2013
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	24
Taxa count ALT	25
Mayflies present?	33
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.9	4.8	3.7
Weighted SIGNAL	5.6	5	4.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.4 Landscape	47.07%	41,573,381,781m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	16.91%	14,939,176,208m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	15.51%	13,703,370,270m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	10.35%	9,139,163,676m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	5.85%	5,163,983,743m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.57%	1,385,812,728m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.7 Alkaloid poppies, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.2 Irrigated beverage and spice crops, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	1.55%	1,370,062,015m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.70%	621,028,110m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.44%	391,767,733m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.03%	23,251,052m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.02%	13,750,622m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	1,500,068m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	1,250,057m²
Show minor land uses 8
				883,274,981m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 12 April 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	7	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	7
Acarina MM	59	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	59

Amphipoda OP	12	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	12

Unknown OT	22
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	22

Coleoptera QC	28	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	18

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	8

Diptera QD	169	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	36

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	101

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	17
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	33	9
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	31
Odonata QO	29	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	9
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	2
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	15
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	6
Trichoptera QT	69	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	51
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	16

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

Sampled on 16 November 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Acarina MM	26	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	26

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	6

Unknown OT	34
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	34

Coleoptera QC	22	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	16

Diptera QD	132	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	46

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	31

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	34
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	50	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	3
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	43
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	6
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Odonata QO	16	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	13
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	3
Plecoptera QP	44	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	44
Trichoptera QT	37	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	7
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	17
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	6
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	6

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0