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Hickeys Ck @ Armidale Rd Bridge MACL583

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	17-12-1999
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	19
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	3
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.1	4.2	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	4.5		3.3

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	62.77%	8,202,977,602m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	25.34%	3,311,236,380m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	7.95%	1,039,338,784m²
	Water	6.3.0 River	1.80%	235,213,515m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	1.75%	228,464,562m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.5.0 Services, 5.7.2 Roads	0.35%	45,492,943m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.3 Tree nuts	0.02%	2,999,535m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.01%	1,499,767m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture	0.00%	499,922m²
Show minor land uses 6
				130,677,230m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 December 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	2
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Unknown OT	2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	3

Chrysomelidae (Unident.) QCAH9999	2
Diptera QD	18	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	14

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	17	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	3
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	12
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	4	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	4
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	10

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 24 May 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Coleoptera QC	19	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	18

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	5	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	3

Hemiptera QH	4	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	1
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	2
Trichoptera QT	10	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	10

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

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