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King River EE200809KG01

Source	Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Daly River)
Latest Sample Date	01-01-2009
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	5
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.5	4.1	1.2
Weighted SIGNAL	3		2.8

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.2.5 Traditional indigenous uses, 1.3.1 Defence land - natural areas, 1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	97.04%	1,005,680,218,417m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.2 Lake - production, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production	1.30%	13,479,275,807m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	0.88%	9,106,010,767m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	0.34%	3,514,311,189m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	0.30%	3,136,331,496m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.3 Hay and silage	0.14%	1,427,923,283m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	5,999,678m²
	Unknown	5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.00%	5,249,718m²
Show minor land uses 7
				10,363,553,204m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 January 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	10	5
Laccophilus sp.(Unident.) QC090199	10

Diptera QD	10	3
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	2
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	7
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Cloeon sp.(Unident.) QE020299	5
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	1
Unknown	199
Unknown	199

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

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