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Macquarie R @ Oxley 62563

Source Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date 09-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 19
Taxa count ALT 19
Mayflies present? 15
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.1 3.5 2.1
Weighted SIGNAL 3.3 3.6

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  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 39.93% 1,146,294,914,005m2
  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 27.14% 779,212,229,378m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.6 Cotton, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.3 Tree nuts, 3.4.4 Vine fruits, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture, 3.5.2 Seasonal flowers and bulbs, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.6 Irrigated cotton, 4.3.8 Irrigated pulses, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 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 20.47% 587,616,447,674m2
  Natural 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.2 Surface water supply, 1.2.4 Landscape 3.03% 86,901,694,732m2
Show minor land uses 10
28,710,392,024m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO 2 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
2
Unknown OJ 3
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999
3
Isopoda OR 10 2
Corallanidae OR099999
10
Unknown OT 55
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
48
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999
7
Palaemonidae (Unident.)
Palaemonidae (Unident.)
Unknown OV 6
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999
6
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 3 5
Chrysomelidae (Unident.) QCAH9999
1
Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999
2
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 27 3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
2
Culicidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
13
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
12
Ephemeroptera QE 15 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
11
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
4
Hemiptera QH 77 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
66
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
6
Odonata QO 1 3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999
1
Trichoptera QT 5 8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
4
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.1
Weighted SIGNALT 3.0