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Simmonds Creek at Fortescue Bay Rd TASM03

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	02-10-1998
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	30
Taxa count ALT	30
Mayflies present?	29
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	4.8	4.1
Weighted SIGNAL	7		5.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 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	32.52%	26,032,874,566m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	18.71%	14,977,934,689m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	17.03%	13,630,350,594m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	12.50%	10,010,624,707m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 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, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	9.84%	7,875,991,497m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	6.65%	5,325,082,309m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters, 6.6.1 Estuary/coastal waters - conservation	0.69%	552,284,465m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.25%	196,262,248m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	0.24%	195,012,170m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.04%	29,751,857m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.04%	29,251,825m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.04%	28,751,794m²
Show minor land uses 6
				800,584,960m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 2 October 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	5
Oligochaeta LO	18	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	18
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	63	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	63

Isopoda OR	4	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	4

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	43	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	17

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	26

Diptera QD	90	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	15

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	2
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	56
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	29	9
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	27
Unknown QK	2
Nannochoristidae (Unident.) QK019999	2
Odonata QO	9	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	9
Plecoptera QP	47	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	16
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	22
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	9
Trichoptera QT	83	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	7
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999	22
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	15
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	37

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

Sampled on 19 May 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Bivalvia KP	7	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	7
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	33	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	33

Isopoda OR	4	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	4

Coleoptera QC	30	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	28

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Diptera QD	49	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	35
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	22	9
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	4
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	18
Unknown QK	1
Nannochoristidae (Unident.) QK019999	1
Odonata QO	3	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	3
Plecoptera QP	4	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	2
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	43	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	3
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	38

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1