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BARKER'S CREEK AT BARKER'S CREEK SCHOOL ROAD 70530

Source EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date 08-10-2003
Taxa count ORDER 9
Taxa count FAMILY 11
Taxa count ALT 11
Mayflies present? 32
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5.2 5 4.5
Weighted SIGNAL 3.3 6

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 48.86% 214,086,076m2
  Forestry Plantation 3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry 32.78% 143,640,016m2
  Natural 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 11.97% 52,459,832m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 4.28% 18,735,654m2
Show minor land uses 2
4,381,645m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 1 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
 1
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
 3
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
 1
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 90 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
 90
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 5 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
 4
Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I
 1
Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae)
Diptera QD 67 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
 33
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
 34
Ephemeroptera QE 32 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
 32
Plecoptera QP 31 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
 31
Trichoptera QT 11 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
 11
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.2
Weighted SIGNALT 5.9

   

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