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Paroo River @ Mooleyarrah PARO570

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	08-12-1999
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	6
Taxa count ALT	6
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.5	3.2	2.2
Weighted SIGNAL	2.3		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	96.62%	2,359,111,512,212m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	2.47%	60,291,993,923m²
	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%	20,752,497,908m²
	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	0.04%	1,089,749,890m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.01%	252,749,975m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	173,249,983m²
	Waste Management	5.9.3 Solid garbage	0.00%	7,999,999m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	5,499,999m²
Show minor land uses 7
				24,416,852,539m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 December 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	2
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	2

Diptera QD	10	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	113	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	99
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	14

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 11 June 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	5
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	1
Unknown OT	17
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	17

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	5

Diptera QD	39	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	14

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	9
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Ephemeroptera QE	101	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	99
Hemiptera QH	201	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	99
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	99
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	2
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

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