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

Merran CK @ Merran Downs 60329

Source Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date 28-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 17
Taxa count ALT 17
Mayflies present? 10
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.9 3.6 2.5
Weighted SIGNAL 2.9 3.6

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Minimal Use 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 33.30% 2,186,475,555m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping 30.67% 2,013,477,489m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 29.47% 1,934,978,367m2
  Water 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland 5.86% 384,995,696m2
Show minor land uses 3
65,654,266m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT 41
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
38
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999
3
Palaemonidae (Unident.)
Palaemonidae (Unident.)
Unknown OV 2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999
2
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Parastacidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 9 5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
6
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999
1
Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999
2
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 6 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 10 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
1
Hemiptera QH 175 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
6
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
160
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
5
Trichoptera QT 5 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
5
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.9
Weighted SIGNALT 3.5