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Burke River at Boulia 001202A

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	09-05-2004
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	14
Taxa count ALT	14
Mayflies present?	26
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.5	3.7	1.9
Weighted SIGNAL	5		4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	94.20%	3,418,862,971m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	4.24%	153,800,068m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production	1.38%	50,266,364m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.12%	4,251,384m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond	0.06%	2,250,733m²
Show minor land uses 3
				36,294,315m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 9 May 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Temnocephalidea (Unident.) IF499999	4
Acarina MM	8	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	8

Unknown OG	5
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	5
Unknown OJ	12
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	12
Unknown OT	3
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	3

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Diptera QD	46	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	22

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Ephemeroptera QE	26	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	6
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	20
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Saldidae (Unident.) QH609999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 4 October 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	13	2
Temnocephalidea (Unident.) IF499999	13
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Unknown OG	2
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	2
Unknown OJ	11
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	11
Unknown OT	6
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	6

Coleoptera QC	23	5
Noteridae (Unident.) QC089999	2

Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	9

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	10

Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999	1
Diptera QD	44	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	20
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	8
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5

SIGNALT	2.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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