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South Esk River us Storys Creek SESK04

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	19-03-1996
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	19
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	8
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.7	4.8	3.5
Weighted SIGNAL	4.6		4.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	34.93%	47,909,665,254m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	32.73%	44,897,420,583m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	13.30%	18,248,967,720m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	8.67%	11,890,978,966m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	6.42%	8,799,734,434m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.79%	2,448,745,668m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	1.61%	2,208,246,094m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.33%	449,999,204m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.17%	238,499,578m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.04%	56,999,899m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	17,499,969m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	4,999,991m²
Show minor land uses 7
				1,371,717,574m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	4
Bivalvia KP	4	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	4
Acarina MM	7	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	7

Amphipoda OP	72	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	69

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Coleoptera QC	25	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	3
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	22

Diptera QD	49	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	14

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	32
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	8
Hemiptera QH	29	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	29
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	31	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	4
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	24
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.5

Sampled on 19 September 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Amphipoda OP	57	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	57

Coleoptera QC	32	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	3
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	28

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	64	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	17

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	37
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Odonata QO	5	3
Lestidae (Unident.) QO059999	1
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	3
Plecoptera QP	25	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	25
Trichoptera QT	54	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	45
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	7

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.3

Sampled on 5 April 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	4
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Amphipoda OP	99	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	99

Coleoptera QC	39	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	1
Unknown QC10999L	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	36

Diptera QD	233	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	179

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	48
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Hemiptera QH	29	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	29
Odonata QO	3	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	17	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	13
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 27 September 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	6	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	6

Amphipoda OP	117	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	117

Coleoptera QC	13	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	3
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	10

Diptera QD	52	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	44
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	3	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Odonata QO	7	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	6
Plecoptera QP	39	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	39
Trichoptera QT	25	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	12
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	6
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2