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Narara Creek site_290

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	22-11-2007
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	6
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.3	2.3	0.1
Weighted SIGNAL	3	3	1

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, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	42.82%	2,416,021,695m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	35.43%	1,999,224,824m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	8.56%	482,804,294m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	5.84%	329,787,086m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters	2.86%	161,268,136m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	2.03%	114,512,878m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	1.26%	71,258,013m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.53%	29,753,346m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	0.38%	21,502,418m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.14%	7,750,872m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.13%	7,500,844m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.02%	1,250,141m²
Show minor land uses 8
				56,426,345m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 22 November 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	6
Unknown M9	5
Unknown M999999	5
Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	3	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	3
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	2
Odonata QO	9	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	8
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1

SIGNALT	2.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.1

Sampled on 1 November 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	30	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	30
Unknown OT	6
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	6

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Diptera QD	4	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

Sampled on 20 March 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	19	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	19
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4

SIGNALT	1.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.9

Sampled on 13 April 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	1
Unknown M9	4
Unknown M999999	4
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	6	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Hemiptera QH	8	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Megaloptera QM	1	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	1

Odonata QO	1	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	2

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 30 March 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Amphipoda OP	3	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	3

Unknown OT	8
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	8

Decapoda OZ	4	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	4

Hemiptera QH	2	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.9

Sampled on 24 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	3	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Amphipoda OP	3	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	3

Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	6	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	6

Hemiptera QH	7	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	6
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

Sampled on 26 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Unknown M9	3
Unknown M999999	3
Unknown OT	4
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	4

Coleoptera QC	29	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	3

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	25

Diptera QD	13	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	10

Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	3
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	3
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	9
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Megaloptera QM	5	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	5

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

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