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Paroo River @ Moolakar PARO01

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	27-10-1997
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4	3.6	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	3.5		4.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	96.66%	2,417,454,101,525m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	2.41%	60,292,108,528m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.85%	21,206,288,172m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads	0.06%	1,610,752,899m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.01%	252,750,455m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	173,250,312m²
	Waste Management	5.9.3 Solid garbage	0.00%	8,000,014m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	5,500,010m²
Show minor land uses 7
				25,010,027,519m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 27 October 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Isopoda OR	5	2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.) OR259999	5

Unknown OT	23
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	23

Coleoptera QC	31	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	28

Diptera QD	1	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	131	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	5
Ochteridae (Unident.) QH639999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	122
Odonata QO	1	3
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	1
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 17 June 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	21
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	21

Coleoptera QC	20	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	15

Heteroceridae (Unident.) QC369999	3
Diptera QD	8	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	8
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	15
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	3
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

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