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CHUM CREEK AT VALLEY FARM ROAD 6742

Source EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date 06-10-1999
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 14
Taxa count ALT 15
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5.4 5.2 5.1
Weighted SIGNAL 5.3 5 6.5

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads 31.90% 1,250,832,743m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 31.49% 1,234,828,485m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 26.53% 1,040,276,731m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs 7.05% 276,323,507m2
Show minor land uses 3
39,210,431m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 4 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
4
Oligochaeta LO 2 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
2
Coleoptera QC 54 5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999
12
Elmidae (Unident.)
Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I
1
Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae)
Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999
36
Psephenidae (Unident.)
Psephenidae (Unident.)
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.) QC399999
5
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 43 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
27
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
14
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I
1
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
1
Plecoptera QP 7 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
7
Trichoptera QT 19 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
7
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
10
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999
2
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.4
Weighted SIGNALT 5.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II 1 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
1
Oligochaeta LO 19 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
19
Acarina MM 7 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
7
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 22 5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999
9
Elmidae (Unident.)
Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999
10
Psephenidae (Unident.)
Psephenidae (Unident.)
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.) QC399999
3
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 57 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD01999I
3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
27
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999
2
Athericidae (Unident.)
Athericidae (Unident.)
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999
1
Aphroteniinae (Unident.) QDAA9999
1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
18
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
2
Ephemeroptera QE 12 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
4
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
8
Odonata QO 2 3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999
2
Plecoptera QP 2 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
2
Trichoptera QT 7 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
4
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
3
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.4
Weighted SIGNALT 5.3