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Maranoa River @ Neil Turner Weir 422961003

Source	Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Latest Sample Date	15-05-2018
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	10
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	3.4	0.8
Weighted SIGNAL	2.5	3	2.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	81.96%	955,681,316,138m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	12.21%	142,412,265,717m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	5.46%	63,640,953,902m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture	0.27%	3,162,522,556m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.09%	1,038,507,407m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes	0.01%	163,001,163m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	3,000,021m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.00%	2,750,020m²
Show minor land uses 5
				11,661,043,169m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 15 May 2018

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	8
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	8

Unknown OV	8
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	8

Coleoptera QC	2	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	10
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	4
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Odonata QO	8	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	4
Trichoptera QT	10	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	10

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 25 May 2011

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	10
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1

SIGNALT	5.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.2

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