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Mortons Creek off Caparara Rd 41141

Source Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date 21-05-2008
Taxa count ORDER 14
Taxa count FAMILY 28
Taxa count ALT 28
Mayflies present? 47
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.3 4.9 4.6
Weighted SIGNAL 5.6 5.6

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 51.02% 4,851,352,761m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses 28.61% 2,719,917,450m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 16.63% 1,580,952,018m2
Show minor land uses 4
95,082,114m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 4 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
4
Gastropoda KG 1 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
1
Bivalvia KP 13 3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999
10
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
3
Acarina MM 2 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
2
Mites (Unident.)
Mites (Unident.)
Unknown OJ 2
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999
2
Unknown OT 10
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
10
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 27 5
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
4
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999
10
Scirtidae (Unident.)
Scirtidae (Unident.)
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999
7
Elmidae (Unident.)
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.) QC399999
6
Ptilodactylidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 24 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
6
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
17
Ephemeroptera QE 47 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
40
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
5
Hemiptera QH 10 2
Hebridae (Unident.) QH539999
1
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
5
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
4
Megaloptera QM 5 8
Corydalidae (Unident.) QM019999
5
Corydalidae (Unident.)
Odonata QO 1 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
1
Plecoptera QP 9 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
9
Trichoptera QT 55 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
1
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999
9
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
13
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999
8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
24
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.3
Weighted SIGNALT 5.0