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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Forest Rd- Ferntree Gully BLN0001

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 19-04-2007
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 11
Taxa count ALT 11
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.4 3.1 2
Weighted SIGNAL 2 2.9

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture 84.78% 2,457,844,710m2
  Natural 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 9.43% 273,537,957m2
  Mining 5.8.2 Quarries 3.93% 113,911,697m2
Show minor land uses 4
28,992,525m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 6 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
6
Gastropoda KG 34 1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999
8
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
26
Oligochaeta LO 18 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
18
Coleoptera QC 1 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
1
Diptera QD 34 3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
2
Culicidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
30
Odonata QO 7 3
Megapodagrionidae (Unident.) QO079999
7
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 8 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
8
Gastropoda KG 85 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
26
Lymnaeidae KG050000
22
Physidae KG080000
37
Oligochaeta LO 41 2
Tubificidae LO040000
7
Lumbriculidae LO060000
34
Coleoptera QC 2 5
Psephenidae QC370000
2
Psephenidae
Psephenidae
Diptera QD 52 3
Tipulidae QD010000
3
Culicidae QD070000
4
Culicidae
Simuliidae (unident.) QD100000
18
Simuliidae (unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
21
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
4
Hemiptera QH 4 2
Notonectidae QH670000
4
Odonata QO 13 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
6
Megapodagrionidae QO070000
6
Hemicorduliidae QO300000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.6
Weighted SIGNALT 2.3
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
1
Gastropoda KG 12 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
2
Physidae KG080000
10
Oligochaeta LO 252 2
Tubificidae LO040000
3
Naididae LO050000
112
Lumbriculidae LO060000
136
Enchytraeidae LO080000
1
Isopoda OR 1 2
Oniscidae OR250000
1
Oniscidae
Diptera QD 1 3
Psychodidae QD120000
1
Psychodidae
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.0
Weighted SIGNALT 1.8