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Melaleuca Ponds, Schank Drive, Metford site_261

Source Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date 22-10-2003
Taxa count ORDER 14
Taxa count FAMILY 22
Taxa count ALT 23
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.2 3.8 0.8
Weighted SIGNAL 3.3 3 2.5

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Minimal Use 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 59.66% 1,785,645,681m2
  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, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways 21.41% 640,962,554m2
  Mining 5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings 7.97% 238,486,067m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic 7.37% 220,487,119m2
Show minor land uses 6
29,930,751m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II 2 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
2
Gastropoda KG 3 1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999
3
Oligochaeta LO 4 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
4
Unknown M9 12
Unknown M999999
12
Amphipoda OP 9 3
AMPHIPODA OP000000
9
AMPHIPODA
AMPHIPODA
AMPHIPODA
Isopoda OR 1 2
ISOPODA OR000000
1
Coleoptera QC 75 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
7
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999
18
Gyrinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999
50
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Diptera QD 119 3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
60
Culicidae (Unident.)
Chironomidae QDA00000
29
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999
30
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999
1
Hemiptera QH 124 2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999
9
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
6
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999
5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
41
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
63
Megaloptera QM 4 8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999
4
Megaloptera (Unident.)
Odonata QO 6 3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998
4
Plecoptera QP 1 10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999
1
Trichoptera QT 7 8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999
7
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.2
Weighted SIGNALT 3.6