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Greens Creek at Frankford Road RUBI25

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 12-09-2007
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 10
Taxa count ALT 10
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.3 3.9 3.3
Weighted SIGNAL 3 4.9

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Arable Farming 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping 60.15% 1,675,519,009m2
  Forestry Plantation 3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry 12.30% 342,651,635m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 9.53% 265,423,805m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 6.79% 189,195,688m2
  Water 6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters 3.94% 109,718,503m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 3.45% 95,972,449m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads 3.40% 94,722,808m2
Show minor land uses 2
27,854,504m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 108 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
 108
Bivalvia KP 2 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
 2
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
 3
Amphipoda OP 3 3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999
 3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 55 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
 40
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
 5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
 7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
 3
Plecoptera QP 17 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
 17
Trichoptera QT 4 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
 4
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.3
Weighted SIGNALT 4.2

   

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