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Orara River 41076

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	01-05-2008
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	22
Mayflies present?	12
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.8	4.7	4.3
Weighted SIGNAL	5.1		5.1

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	49.67%	50,212,274,323m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	22.85%	23,103,031,138m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	13.80%	13,947,117,875m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	6.92%	6,997,933,706m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	2.31%	2,331,227,916m²
	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, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.65%	1,663,734,239m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.3 Tree nuts, 3.4.4 Vine fruits, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	1.40%	1,410,736,636m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation	0.92%	927,741,211m²
	Unknown	3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 5.1.5 Abandoned intensive horticulture	0.20%	205,748,051m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.12%	126,248,804m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.09%	86,249,183m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.06%	59,249,439m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.02%	19,499,815m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	3,499,967m²
Show minor land uses 10
				1,010,942,923m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Isopoda OR	1	2
Corallanidae OR099999	1
Unknown OT	12
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	10

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	2

Coleoptera QC	27	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	21

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	3

Diptera QD	13	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	9

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	3
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	2
Odonata QO	2	3
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	2
Plecoptera QP	12	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	12
Trichoptera QT	19	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	8
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	9

SIGNALT	4.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2