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Cygnet River at Tasman H'way SWAN06

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	25-09-1998
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.6	1.2
Weighted SIGNAL	3.6	5	3.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity	49.27%	8,066,447,633m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	30.75%	5,034,373,345m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	15.93%	2,608,313,905m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	2.26%	370,509,078m²
	Arable Farming	4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	1.05%	172,504,226m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation	0.49%	81,001,985m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads	0.23%	37,250,913m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	750,018m²
Show minor land uses 5
				163,711,511m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 25 September 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	3
Diptera QD	47	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	43
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

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