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Ironbark Creek - Federal Park, end of concrete channel (IBC070) Wallsend site_172

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	20-09-2006
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.4	2.6	0.6
Weighted SIGNAL	3.4	3	1.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads	72.13%	935,390,276m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	24.78%	321,305,809m²
	Industrial	5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	2.22%	28,777,389m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.48%	6,255,954m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.39%	5,004,763m²
Show minor land uses 3
				12,967,342m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 September 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	3
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	70	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	70
Unknown M9	2
Unknown M999999	2
Coleoptera QC	6	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	63	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	50

Chironomidae QDA00000	13
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Odonata QO	7	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	6
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1

SIGNALT	2.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

Sampled on 22 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Hirudinea LH	5	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	5
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	4	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	4

SIGNALT	2.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.2

Sampled on 31 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	10	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	10
Amphipoda OP	3	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	3

Coleoptera QC	16	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	10

Odonata QO	5	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 26 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	8	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	8
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Coleoptera QC	18	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	15

Odonata QO	1	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

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