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Macdonald River @ Aberbaldie NAMO574

Source	Office of Environment and Heritage
Latest Sample Date	01-11-1999
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.8	3.8	3
Weighted SIGNAL	1.7		3.2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	57.04%	21,055,633,543m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	36.94%	13,633,631,480m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping	2.77%	1,023,103,670m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River	2.15%	794,080,463m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	0.73%	270,277,387m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.7.2 Roads	0.28%	104,760,615m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	0.07%	25,002,533m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	4,750,481m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production	0.00%	500,051m²
Show minor land uses 7
				369,117,402m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 November 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	10	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	10
Unknown OT	200
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	198

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	2

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Hemiptera QH	102	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	99
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 2 July 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Unknown OT	199
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	198

Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Unknown QA	2
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	2
Diptera QD	2	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	100	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	99
Plecoptera QP	99	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	99
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

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