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Karuah River, 'Lilydale', Reisdale Rd, Stroud Road site_190

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	08-09-2006
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	10
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	71
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.5	4.5	1.1
Weighted SIGNAL	3	3	3.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	43.77%	14,845,788,396m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	34.08%	11,559,863,895m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	11.61%	3,937,209,088m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park	10.09%	3,423,681,817m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads	0.22%	75,754,023m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River	0.22%	74,503,957m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.01%	2,750,146m²
Show minor land uses 3
				339,195,513m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 September 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	11	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	11
Unknown OT	48
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	48

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	2	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Ephemeroptera QE	71	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	71
Hemiptera QH	44	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	44
Odonata QO	3	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	5	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	5
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 24 October 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	1
HYDROZOA IB000000	1
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Unknown M9	45
Unknown M999999	45
Isopoda OR	2	2
ISOPODA OR000000	2
Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	8
Diptera QD	36	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	12

Chironomidae QDA00000	14
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	10

Ephemeroptera QE	45	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	45
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	7
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Megaloptera QM	1	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	1

Odonata QO	14	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	10
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	3

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 13 May 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	6
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Unknown M9	4
Unknown M999999	4
Unknown OT	192
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	192

Coleoptera QC	37	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	7
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	30

Ephemeroptera QE	56	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	56
Hemiptera QH	21	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	14
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	37	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	37

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

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