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Tyalgum Creek - adjacent to water supply site_379

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	16-03-2007
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	16
Mayflies present?	15
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	3.6	0.6
Weighted SIGNAL	3.5	3	2.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park	44.33%	1,333,887,441m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes	28.02%	842,994,856m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	18.06%	543,407,838m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure	3.63%	109,281,742m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.3 Tree nuts, 3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	3.56%	107,031,088m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	1.51%	45,513,220m²
	Unknown	3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture	0.81%	24,257,046m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.04%	1,250,363m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	0.04%	1,250,363m²
Show minor land uses 4
				30,088,740m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 16 March 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	12	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	12
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	5
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Isopoda OR	8	2
ISOPODA OR000000	8
Decapoda OZ	16	4
Decapoda (Unident.) OZ999998	16

Coleoptera QC	77	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	75

Diptera QD	4	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	4
Ephemeroptera QE	15	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	15
Hemiptera QH	16	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	3
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	10
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	11	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	7
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	4
Plecoptera QP	8	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	8

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.2

Sampled on 28 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Isopoda OR	5	2
ISOPODA OR000000	5
Unknown OT	2
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	2

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	5
Diptera QD	4	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	4

Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	6
Odonata QO	2	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.5

Sampled on 28 February 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	3
Diptera QD	2	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	2
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	8
Odonata QO	2	3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2

SIGNALT	2.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

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