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BURNETT RIVER AT MURRAYS CROSSING 1360016

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	15-06-1999
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.5	2.9	1.8
Weighted SIGNAL	1.7		2.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	77.94%	2,520,029,231,545m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	12.36%	399,786,579,951m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.5 Sugar, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.3 Tree nuts, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage, 4.3.5 Irrigated sugar, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	4.07%	131,640,773,284m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	3.67%	118,811,996,652m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes	0.97%	31,511,065,417m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production	0.48%	15,572,782,329m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	0.19%	6,240,012,954m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.16%	5,151,260,694m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.08%	2,428,005,041m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.03%	867,501,801m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.02%	803,751,669m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 5.3.8 Abandoned manufacturing and industrial, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.01%	393,000,816m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.3 Solid garbage, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	95,250,198m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture	0.00%	34,750,072m²
Show minor land uses 10
				32,333,659,624m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 15 June 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Isopoda OR	2	2
Cirolanidae (Unident.) OR129999	2
Unknown OT	13
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	5

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Diptera QD	4	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

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