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Blackbutt, Echidna Creek site_32

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	19-10-2004
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	6
Taxa count ALT	6
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.7	2.7	1.5
Weighted SIGNAL			3.6

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, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	76.93%	2,588,347,382m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	11.58%	389,764,664m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	6.52%	219,258,249m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River	4.44%	149,255,615m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	0.53%	18,000,677m²
Show minor land uses 1
				33,646,266m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 October 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Unknown M9	5
Unknown M999999	5
Decapoda OZ	16	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	16

Coleoptera QC	2	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Hemiptera QH	27	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	27

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

Sampled on 1 April 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	50	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	50

Diptera QD	721	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	600

Chironomidae QDA00000	121
Odonata QO	105	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	105

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 28 March 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	10	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	10

Diptera QD	15	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	10

Chironomidae QDA00000	5
Odonata QO	21	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	21

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5

Sampled on 1 November 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Decapoda OZ	4	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	4

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	10

Diptera QD	27	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	20

Chironomidae QDA00000	7
Ephemeroptera QE	16	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	16
Hemiptera QH	29	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	27
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 29 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Unknown M9	11
Unknown M999999	11
Unknown OT	24
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	24

Decapoda OZ	20	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	20

Coleoptera QC	136	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	6
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	130

Diptera QD	221	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	214

Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	15	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	15
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	2
Odonata QO	1	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

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