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Paroo River @ Toonborough PARO03

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	20-03-1996
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	6
Taxa count ALT	6
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2	2	1.5
Weighted SIGNAL	2		2.8

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	95.63%	2,677,398,694,631m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	3.46%	96,934,597,559m²
	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	0.80%	22,272,022,415m²
	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	0.10%	2,801,252,819m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.01%	261,500,263m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	191,750,193m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.3 Solid garbage	0.00%	9,250,009m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	5,500,006m²
Show minor land uses 6
				27,998,745,679m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	4
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	4

Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	1	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Hemiptera QH	34	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	33

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.6

Sampled on 8 October 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Unknown OT	2
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	2

Diptera QD	32	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	18
Hemiptera QH	118	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	82
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	36

SIGNALT	1.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.2

Sampled on 27 April 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	1
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Diptera QD	7	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Hemiptera QH	205	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	200
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	5
Odonata QO	2	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	1

SIGNALT	1.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.8

Sampled on 28 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	2	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Diptera QD	48	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	40
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Hemiptera QH	63	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	12
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	51
Odonata QO	3	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	3

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

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