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Mistake Creek at Elgin-Moray Road 1203021

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	27-06-2008
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	26
Taxa count ALT	26
Mayflies present?	12
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.9	2.3
Weighted SIGNAL	4.5		3.4

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	83.77%	393,023,189,543m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	9.84%	46,176,565,996m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.6 Cotton, 4.3.6 Irrigated cotton	3.22%	15,107,603,385m²
	Water	6.1.2 Lake - production, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production	1.91%	8,969,811,382m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	0.78%	3,644,524,940m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes	0.39%	1,841,012,598m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	0.08%	379,502,597m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	47,750,327m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.00%	3,500,024m²
Show minor land uses 6
				4,691,934,608m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 27 June 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	18	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	18

Unknown OG	1
Cladocera (Unident.) OG999999	1
Unknown OJ	10
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	10
Coleoptera QC	57	5
Noteridae (Unident.) QC089999	14

Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	10
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	21

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	4

Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999	2
Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999	6

Diptera QD	31	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	10
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	1
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	6
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Nepidae (Unident.) QH619999	2
Ochteridae (Unident.) QH639999	1
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	6
Odonata QO	12	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	4
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	8
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

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