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Swamp Creek - Fishery Creek, Peace Park, Chinamans Hollow, Weston (SWA 020) site_358

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	17-11-2010
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	4
Taxa count ALT	4
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.2	3.2	0.8
Weighted SIGNAL			3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	37.86%	2,560,160,088m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	37.14%	2,511,176,158m²
	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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	18.05%	1,220,349,640m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	4.79%	323,893,740m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	1.04%	70,226,961m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.47%	31,489,669m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.2 Olives, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	0.31%	21,243,031m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.22%	14,995,081m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	0.08%	5,498,196m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.03%	2,249,262m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	249,918m²
Show minor land uses 7
				67,615,317m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 November 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown OT	200
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	200

Hemiptera QH	100	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	100
Odonata QO	4	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	4
Trichoptera QT	10	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	10

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

Sampled on 14 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Megaloptera QM	3	8
Megaloptera (Unident.) QM999999	3

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

Sampled on 29 October 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown M9	2
Unknown M999999	2
Unknown OT	14
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	14

Diptera QD	1	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	1
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	6
Odonata QO	2	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.8

Sampled on 3 April 2008

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

Hemiptera QH	16	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	16
Odonata QO	13	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	13

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 24 October 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Hirudinea LH	5	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	5
Unknown M9	6
Unknown M999999	6
Unknown OT	40
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	40

Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	5
Odonata QO	7	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	5
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.3

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