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South Esk River at Ormley SESK32

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	04-03-2008
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	25
Taxa count ALT	27
Mayflies present?	32
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	4.4	3.7
Weighted SIGNAL	5.9	5	4.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	34.97%	47,802,403,723m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	32.85%	44,897,174,768m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	13.35%	18,248,867,807m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	8.65%	11,826,914,327m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	6.21%	8,486,938,521m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.79%	2,443,732,298m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	1.62%	2,208,234,004m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.33%	448,746,749m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.17%	238,498,272m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.04%	56,999,587m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	17,499,873m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	4,999,964m²
Show minor land uses 7
				1,366,810,099m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 4 March 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	3
Gastropoda KG	40	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	35
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	4
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Corophiidae (Unident.) OP059999	3

Isopoda OR	4	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	4

Coleoptera QC	33	5
Unknown QC10999A	2
Unknown QC10999L	12
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	10

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	8

Diptera QD	48	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	32

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	9
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	32	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	30
Trichoptera QT	59	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	53
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

Sampled on 4 September 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	21	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	21
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Hyriidae (Unident.) KP019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	11	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	11
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	84	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	84

Isopoda OR	8	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	8

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	2

Diptera QD	39	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	7
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	21

Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999	1

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	10
Ephemeroptera QE	9	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	8
Odonata QO	2	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	27	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	27
Trichoptera QT	14	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	4
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.6