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Avon River, at 3432 Bucketts Way, Stratford (in property) site_9

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	18-03-2009
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	4
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.8	2.8	1
Weighted SIGNAL	3.2		3.2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	33.47%	2,525,458,774m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	31.28%	2,360,227,828m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	22.44%	1,693,554,706m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves	12.04%	908,645,219m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.50%	37,495,676m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams	0.17%	12,998,501m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture	0.08%	5,749,337m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.5 Aquaculture	0.03%	2,249,741m²
Show minor land uses 4
				75,463,798m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 18 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Unknown M9	10
Unknown M999999	10
Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	20
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	20

Coleoptera QC	13	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	10
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	4
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

Sampled on 27 October 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	6
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown OT	70
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	70

Coleoptera QC	11	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Diptera QD	3	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	3
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	8
Hemiptera QH	30	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	25
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	10	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	6
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	4
Trichoptera QT	8	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	8

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 11 March 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Unknown OT	16
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	16

Coleoptera QC	18	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	18
Diptera QD	3	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	1
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	6
Odonata QO	9	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	7
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 29 October 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	14	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	14
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Bivalvia KP	6	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	6
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown M9	2
Unknown M999999	2
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	22	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	7
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	15

Diptera QD	15	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	15
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	4
Hemiptera QH	30	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	28
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	18	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	13
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	5
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	4

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

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