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Colombo Creek site_81

Source	Waterwatch New South Wales (Pre 2013)
Latest Sample Date	14-10-2011
Taxa count ORDER	13
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	160
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.7	3.6	0.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3		2.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	31.55%	7,530,479,724m²
	Minimal Use	2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	26.18%	6,249,275,708m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	21.45%	5,120,066,236m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	19.71%	4,704,831,139m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.5.2 Public services	0.48%	113,495,927m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River	0.41%	98,496,465m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.17%	41,748,502m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.02%	3,999,856m²
	Arable Farming	3.4.0 Perennial horticulture	0.01%	2,499,910m²
	Unknown	3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture	0.01%	1,749,937m²
Show minor land uses 6
				238,666,434m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 14 October 2011

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	9	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	9
Gastropoda KG	8	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	8
Oligochaeta LO	22	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	22
Unknown M9	9
Unknown M999999	9
Amphipoda OP	15	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	15

Unknown OT	40
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	40

Coleoptera QC	125	5
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	125

Diptera QD	69	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	10

Chironomidae QDA00000	44
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	15

Ephemeroptera QE	160	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	160
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	1
Plecoptera QP	56	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	56
Trichoptera QT	50	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	50

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.2

Sampled on 21 October 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	8	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	8
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Unknown M9	5
Unknown M999999	5
Amphipoda OP	45	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	45

Unknown OT	202
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	202

Coleoptera QC	200	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	45

Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	150

Diptera QD	155	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	5
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	150

Ephemeroptera QE	30	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	30
Hemiptera QH	25	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	8
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	16
Odonata QO	30	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	21
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	9
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	24	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	24

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9

Sampled on 29 March 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	8
Nematoda II	4	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	4
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	7
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Unknown M9	18
Unknown M999999	18
Amphipoda OP	192	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	192

Unknown OT	292
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	292

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	16
Coleoptera (Unident.) QCZZ9999	5

Diptera QD	87	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	24

Chironomidae QDA00000	63
Ephemeroptera QE	90	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	90
Hemiptera QH	61	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	12
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	10
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	34
Odonata QO	93	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	77
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	16
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Plecoptera (Unident.) QP999999	1
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	7

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.3

Sampled on 6 May 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	5
Bivalvia KP	1	3
PELECYPODA KP000000	1
Oligochaeta LO	43	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	43
Unknown M9	43
Unknown M999999	43
Amphipoda OP	597	3
AMPHIPODA OP000000	597

Unknown OT	60
Caridea (Unident.) OT999999	60

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	14
Diptera QD	3	3
Chironomidae QDA00000	3
Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Ephemeroptera (Unident.) QE999999	13
Hemiptera QH	150	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	5
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	92
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	50
Odonata QO	51	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	42
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	9
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	15

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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