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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Short Beach Creek site_349

Source Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date 17-10-2008
Taxa count ORDER 14
Taxa count FAMILY 17
Taxa count ALT 18
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.6 3.4 0.8
Weighted SIGNAL 2.6 3 2.4

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 47.35% 7,588,590,664m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 24.59% 3,940,407,637m2
  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, 5.7.2 Roads 17.75% 2,845,502,768m2
  Water 6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters 3.65% 584,699,198m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses 3.06% 489,707,452m2
Show minor land uses 5
160,268,575m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 2 2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999
2
Bivalvia KP 5 3
PELECYPODA KP000000
5
Hirudinea LH 18 1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999
18
Oligochaeta LO 2 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
2
Unknown M9 120
Unknown M999999
120
Amphipoda OP 15 3
AMPHIPODA OP000000
15
AMPHIPODA
AMPHIPODA
AMPHIPODA
Unknown OT 2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999
2
Caridea (Unident.)
Caridea (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 50 5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999
50
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Coleoptera (Unident.)
Diptera QD 110 3
Chironomidae QDA00000
80
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999
30
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva)
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 304 2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
114
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
186
Odonata QO 22 3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
16
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998
6
Plecoptera QP 4 10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999
4
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.6
Weighted SIGNALT 3.0