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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

end Barrie Road- Tullamarine TST0004

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 20-03-2003
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 14
Taxa count ALT 14
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.6 3.1 1.6
Weighted SIGNAL 2.4 2.3

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.7.2 Roads 80.80% 652,513,086m2
  Natural 1.1.7 Other conserved area 19.20% 155,003,109m2
8,075,162m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 16 1
Lymnaeidae KG050000
 1
Physidae KG080000
 15
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
 3
Coleoptera QC 16 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
 16
Diptera QD 90 3
Tanypodinae QDAE0000
 30
Chironominae QDAJ0000
 60
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Baetidae QE020000
 1
Hemiptera QH 18 2
Corixidae QH650000
 16
Notonectidae QH670000
 2
Odonata QO 35 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
 23
Aeshnidae QO120000
 4
Libellulidae QO170000
 1
Hemicorduliidae QO300000
 2
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
 5
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.6
Weighted SIGNALT 3.0
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 52 1
Lymnaeidae KG050000
 2
Physidae KG080000
 50
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000
 1
Oligochaeta LO 21 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
 21
Coleoptera QC 7 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
 7
Diptera QD 45 3
Tanypodinae QDAE0000
 25
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
 13
Chironominae QDAJ0000
 7
Hemiptera QH 5 2
Notonectidae QH670000
 5
Odonata QO 1 3
Hemicorduliidae QO300000
 1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.4

   

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