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Lachlan R @ Merri-abba 60647

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	16-11-2004
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	21
Taxa count ALT	21
Mayflies present?	17
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.6	3.8	2.6
Weighted SIGNAL	4.3		4.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.5 Sugar, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.4 Vine fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.8 Citrus, 3.4.9 Grapes, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.5.4 Irrigated turf farming	43.58%	1,787,827,921,326m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	28.81%	1,181,927,270,182m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	19.24%	789,130,348,055m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.2 Surface water supply	3.02%	124,062,633,326m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	1.85%	75,811,831,473m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.2.3 Evaporation basin, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production	1.74%	71,338,076,665m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.19%	48,995,552,654m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.36%	14,587,515,677m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.11%	4,486,004,821m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.3.6 Oil refinery, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.04%	1,500,251,612m²
	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, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.04%	1,492,751,604m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.3 Solid garbage, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.01%	277,750,298m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production, 5.3.8 Abandoned manufacturing and industrial, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.01%	217,250,233m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses	0.00%	11,750,013m²
Show minor land uses 10
				41,023,006,586m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 16 November 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	8	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	8

Unknown OH	5
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	5
Unknown OT	27
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	26

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Carabidae (Unident.) QC059999	1
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Diptera QD	57	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	13
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	27
Ephemeroptera QE	17	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	3
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	13
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	13
Odonata QO	3	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	2
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Trichoptera QT	28	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	28

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1