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

u/s Lower Homestead rd. YAR2186

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 08-04-2008
Taxa count ORDER 6
Taxa count FAMILY 8
Taxa count ALT 10
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.5 3.1 1.8
Weighted SIGNAL 2 2 2.6

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads 55.63% 500,008,408m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 35.12% 315,636,570m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes 7.89% 70,892,976m2
Show minor land uses 2
8,988,127m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 10 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
10
Acarina MM 27 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
27
Mites (Unident.)
Unknown OT 22
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
22
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 1 3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Hemiptera QH 31 2
Hydrometra strigosa QH540106
2
Microvelia peramoena QH560103
11
Drepanovelia dubia QH560502
2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
6
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
10
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.5
Weighted SIGNALT 2.9
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 1 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
1
Acarina MM 32 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
32
Mites (Unident.)
Unknown OT 14
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
14
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 3 5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
1
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999
2
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 18 3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
10
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
5
Hemiptera QH 53 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
28
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
24
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.8
Weighted SIGNALT 3.0