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Box Ck Escape Channel @ Conargo Rd MURRM7

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	24-01-1998
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	13
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3	3.4	1.6
Weighted SIGNAL	4		2.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	78.18%	123,934,543,084m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	16.19%	25,663,104,875m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes	1.82%	2,891,902,677m²
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads	1.63%	2,576,636,033m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.97%	1,532,580,912m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.90%	1,431,575,580m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.24%	373,019,693m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.04%	65,753,471m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.02%	28,751,518m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.02%	26,251,386m²
	Unknown	5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal production	0.00%	1,500,079m²
Show minor land uses 9
				1,585,256,193m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 24 January 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Coleoptera QC	18	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Diptera QD	15	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Hemiptera QH	60	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	40
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	18
Lepidoptera QL	8	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	8

Odonata QO	87	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	87
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

Sampled on 5 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Temnocephalidea (Unident.) IF499999	1
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OT	55
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	50

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	5

Unknown OV	4
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	4

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	33	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	21
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	17	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	8
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	6
Odonata QO	9	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	9
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 21 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	2
Unknown OG	4
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	4
Unknown OH	70
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	70
Unknown OT	64
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	64

Unknown OV	10
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	10

Unknown QA	4
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	4
Coleoptera QC	23	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	3

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	41	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	22
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	16
Ephemeroptera QE	57	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	49
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	5
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	3
Hemiptera QH	162	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	10
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	133
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	16
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	18	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	17
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 10 November 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	6
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown OG	3
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	3
Unknown OH	97
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	97
Unknown OT	4
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	4

Unknown QA	7
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	7
Coleoptera QC	49	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	4
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	36

Diptera QD	59	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	32
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	17
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	17	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	11
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	6
Hemiptera QH	272	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	254
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	15
Odonata QO	1	3
Isostictidae (Unident.) QO039999	1

SIGNALT	2.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

Sampled on 25 March 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	30
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	30

Unknown OV	12
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	12

Coleoptera QC	18	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Chrysomelidae (Unident.) QCAH9999	1
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	20	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	9
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	60	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	55
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	3
Hemiptera QH	68	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	14
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	28
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	23
Odonata QO	6	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	6
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5