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Stoney Creek, Farley, adjacent to Wollombi Road overbridge site_354

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	05-04-2005
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	14
Taxa count ALT	14
Mayflies present?	11
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.4	3.3	1
Weighted SIGNAL	2.8		2.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	36.71%	539,151,583m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	24.19%	355,270,413m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	20.16%	296,058,677m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	16.79%	246,590,645m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition	0.70%	10,243,380m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.65%	9,493,865m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.54%	7,994,833m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.2 Olives	0.20%	2,998,063m²
	Natural	1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.03%	499,677m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production	0.02%	249,839m²
Show minor land uses 6
				14,685,510m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 April 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	16	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	16
Hirudinea LH	3	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	3
Unknown OT	44
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	44

Decapoda OZ	12	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	12

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	17	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	4

Chironomidae QDA00000	13
Ephemeroptera QE	11	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	11
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	3	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	3
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 31 March 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	54	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	54
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown M9	2
Unknown M999999	2
Amphipoda OP	3	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	3

Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	15

Diptera QD	3	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	5
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	5	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1

SIGNALT	2.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

Sampled on 28 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	12	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	12
Hirudinea LH	6	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	6
Unknown M9	12
Unknown M999999	12
Amphipoda OP	6	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	6

Unknown OT	18
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	18

Decapoda OZ	4	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	4

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	90	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	85
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	5
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	3
Odonata QO	27	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	13
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	14
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

Sampled on 31 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	7
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Unknown M9	19
Unknown M999999	19
Amphipoda OP	6	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	6

Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	10
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	10

Decapoda OZ	4	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	4

Coleoptera QC	91	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	6
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	85

Diptera QD	54	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	8

Chironomidae QDA00000	46
Ephemeroptera QE	37	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	37
Hemiptera QH	7	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Megaloptera QM	1	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	1

Odonata QO	10	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	8
Plecoptera QP	3	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	3
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

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