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Main Pond, The Wetlands Centre site_246

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	14-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	3
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.4	3.4	0.7
Weighted SIGNAL			3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads	59.45%	2,135,808,929m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	23.92%	859,221,987m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	10.68%	383,625,873m²
	Industrial	5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	2.22%	79,724,204m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	2.14%	76,975,094m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	1.27%	45,735,202m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.17%	6,247,978m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.15%	5,248,302m²
Show minor land uses 5
				35,925,876m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 11 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	17
Unknown M9	5
Unknown M999999	5
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	3
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Odonata QO	13	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	13
Trichoptera QT	20	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	20

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 16 August 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Unknown M9	20
Unknown M999999	20
Unknown OT	40
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	40

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Diptera QD	9	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	9
Hemiptera QH	7	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	7
Odonata QO	11	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	11
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

Sampled on 10 May 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	20	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	20
Unknown M9	1
Unknown M999999	1
Unknown OT	10
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	10

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	6	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	6
Ephemeroptera QE	20	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	20
Hemiptera QH	21	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	20
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	21	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	20
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	20	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	20

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 27 October 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	51	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	51
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Unknown M9	5
Unknown M999999	5
Unknown OT	4
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	4

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	3
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	15

Diptera QD	2	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	6
Hemiptera QH	189	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	105
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	84
Odonata QO	19	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	18
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	42	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	42

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 4 November 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	23	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	23
Unknown M9	2
Unknown M999999	2
Unknown OT	14
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	14

Coleoptera QC	11	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	10

Diptera QD	3	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	3
Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	13
Hemiptera QH	76	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	65
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	11
Odonata QO	13	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	8
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	5
Trichoptera QT	22	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	22

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 22 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	27	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	27
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Coleoptera QC	6	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	7	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	7
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	1
Hemiptera QH	2026	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2000
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	26
Odonata QO	1	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Trichoptera QT	22	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	22

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 26 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Diptera QD	5	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	4

Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	1
Hemiptera QH	250	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	180
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	70
Odonata QO	2	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

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