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SHEEPSTATION CREEK - BELOW STP 1433029

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	04-06-1997
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	18
Taxa count ALT	18
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2	2.3	1.6
Weighted SIGNAL	2.8		2.4

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	70.73%	12,430,815,828m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	26.40%	4,640,491,206m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	1.47%	257,527,260m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture	0.87%	153,266,224m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	0.41%	72,757,702m²
	Pastoral Farming	4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	0.04%	7,750,820m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam	0.04%	6,750,715m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.03%	4,500,476m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.00%	500,053m²
Show minor land uses 7
				175,743,603m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 4 June 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	11	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	10
Bivalvia KP	8	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	8
Hirudinea LH	7	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	7
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Unknown OH	10
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	10
Unknown OJ	10
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	10
Coleoptera QC	16	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	10

Diptera QD	24	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	8

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	5
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	6
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	11	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	10
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	1

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.1

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