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Warrego River @ Toorale WARR03

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	20-03-1996
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.5	4	3.5
Weighted SIGNAL	2.7		4.4

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	94.57%	4,828,164,958,506m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	3.44%	175,533,775,656m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	1.45%	73,964,721,496m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.21%	10,591,781,718m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.6 Irrigated cotton, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits	0.16%	8,357,025,026m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	0.11%	5,658,516,945m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.05%	2,646,757,926m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	148,750,445m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	61,250,183m²
	Mining	5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	28,500,085m²
Show minor land uses 8
				51,051,560,380m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	15
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	15

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	7	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	9	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	7
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 7 October 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	9	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Diptera QD	25	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	19
Hemiptera QH	208	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	189
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	19
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 25 April 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	17
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	17

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Diptera QD	15	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	14
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	3
Hemiptera QH	35	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	32
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 27 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Diptera QD	34	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	22
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	66	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	22
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	44

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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