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

South Creek @ Rossmore Avenue 22148

Source Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date 22-06-2011
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 12
Taxa count ALT 12
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.4 3.8 2.7
Weighted SIGNAL 4.7 3.5

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 47.15% 2,675,966,129m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.7.2 Roads 33.25% 1,886,873,558m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 11.50% 652,619,799m2
  Water 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland 3.99% 226,704,771m2
Show minor land uses 6
56,756,177m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 5 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
5
Oligochaeta LO 1 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
1
Acarina MM 4 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
4
Mites (Unident.)
Unknown OH 3
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999
3
Coleoptera QC 28 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
15
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
1
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999
9
Scirtidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 4 3
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999
3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Hemiptera QH 1 2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999
1
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.4
Weighted SIGNALT 3.6