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Magometon Creek 64525

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	23-03-2012
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	20
Mayflies present?	3
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.8	3.4	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	4.4		3.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives	58.61%	38,229,674,801m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	26.10%	17,024,855,179m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	14.32%	9,336,920,576m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure	0.39%	254,747,833m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	0.36%	233,248,016m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.12%	80,249,317m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.06%	37,249,683m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.04%	24,999,787m²
Show minor land uses 5
				652,219,452m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 March 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Temnocephalidae (Unident.) IF419999	2
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	2
Unknown OH	1
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	1
Unknown OJ	3
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	3
Unknown OT	3
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	3

Unknown OV	10
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	10

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	5

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999	1

Diptera QD	4	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 18 March 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	2
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Unknown OJ	1
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	1
Unknown OT	7
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	7

Unknown OV	8
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	8

Coleoptera QC	17	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	4
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	5

Spercheidae QCAR9999	2

Diptera QD	25	3
Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	18
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	8
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	1
Trichoptera QT	9	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	9

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 19 March 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	3
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	2
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	7	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	7

Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OH	12
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	12
Unknown OJ	5
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	5
Unknown OT	8
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	8

Unknown OV	14
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	14

Coleoptera QC	23	5
Carabidae (Unident.) QC059999	1
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	14

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Spercheidae QCAR9999	1

Diptera QD	21	3
Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	13
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	30	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	10
Saldidae (Unident.) QH609999	1
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Ochteridae (Unident.) QH639999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	13
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	4
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	15

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 23 March 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OH	1
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	1
Unknown OJ	1
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	1
Unknown OV	12
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	12

Coleoptera QC	58	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	48
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	4

Diptera QD	74	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	68
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Hemiptera QH	12	2
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	9
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	1
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

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