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Wallis Creek, behind Mulbring PS site_387

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	22-10-2003
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.3	2.2	1.1
Weighted SIGNAL	2		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	41.56%	1,640,533,320m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	34.12%	1,346,777,354m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	19.86%	784,015,924m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.7.2 Roads	3.39%	133,752,717m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River	0.86%	33,750,685m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	0.17%	6,750,137m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture	0.02%	750,015m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.01%	500,010m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.2 Shadehouses	0.01%	500,010m²
Show minor land uses 5
				39,473,302m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 22 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	10	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	10
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Unknown M9	18
Unknown M999999	18
Unknown OT	72
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	72

Hemiptera QH	13	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	11
Odonata QO	1	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	2.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.3

Sampled on 28 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Unknown M9	25
Unknown M999999	25
Unknown OT	48
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	48

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	7
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	1
Hemiptera QH	14	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	14
Odonata QO	3	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1

SIGNALT	2.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.9

Sampled on 28 October 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	8	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	8
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Unknown M9	40
Unknown M999999	40
Isopoda OR	1	2
ISOPODA OR000000	1
Unknown OT	18
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	18

Coleoptera QC	19	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	13
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Diptera QD	5	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Chironomidae QDA00000	3
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	3
Hemiptera QH	12	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	11
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	3

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

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