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Pages River, behind Murrurundi Public School, off Mayne St, Murrurundi site_305

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	27-09-2007
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	6
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.6	0.5
Weighted SIGNAL	3.4	3	2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	66.94%	4,508,174,756m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	16.04%	1,080,351,790m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	13.08%	881,083,015m²
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	3.08%	207,519,552m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River	0.79%	53,505,041m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.05%	3,250,306m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	500,047m²
Show minor land uses 3
				67,343,845m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 27 September 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Unknown M9	1
Unknown M999999	1
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	10

Diptera QD	2	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	6
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	5
Odonata QO	3	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Plecoptera QP	54	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	54

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1

Sampled on 23 October 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	32	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	32
Unknown M9	10
Unknown M999999	10
Unknown OT	166
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	166

Coleoptera QC	96	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	22
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	24

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	50

Diptera QD	316	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	46

Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	270

Ephemeroptera QE	25	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	25
Hemiptera QH	36	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	8
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	5
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	8
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	9
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	6
Megaloptera QM	9	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	9

Odonata QO	49	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	23
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	26
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	6
Trichoptera QT	21	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	21

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

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