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Warrego River @ Avoca WARR572

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	07-12-1999
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.3	2.2
Weighted SIGNAL	2.4		3.3

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	94.62%	4,392,822,013,246m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	3.38%	156,859,071,845m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	1.59%	73,964,651,762m²
	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	0.18%	8,357,017,147m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.12%	5,660,011,613m²
	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	0.08%	3,896,257,994m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.01%	665,751,366m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	148,750,305m²
	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%	60,250,124m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	9,500,019m²
Show minor land uses 8
				46,424,432,754m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 7 December 1999

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

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	9	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	27	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	25

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 7 June 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	18
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	18

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	4

Diptera QD	19	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	16

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	200	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	99
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	99
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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