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WIDE BAY CREEK AT KILKIVAN-BOONARA Rd 1380080

Source	MIV
Latest Sample Date	20-11-1997
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	20
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.1	2.8	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	2.2		3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	78.18%	22,809,077,596m²
	Natural	1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	10.70%	3,122,476,399m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	6.69%	1,952,985,238m²
	Arable Farming	4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	3.15%	918,493,057m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture	0.56%	162,748,770m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	0.46%	132,998,995m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.25%	73,249,446m²
	Pastoral Farming	4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	0.01%	1,749,987m²
Show minor land uses 4
				291,737,795m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 November 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	31	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	7
Thiaridae (Unident.) KG049999	10
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	4
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	10
Bivalvia KP	10	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	10
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Unknown OT	10
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	10

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Diptera QD	15	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	3
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	10
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	5
Odonata QO	11	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	7
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Corduliidae (Unident.) QO169999	2
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	1
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

Sampled on 20 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Thiaridae (Unident.) KG049999	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	10
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	10
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OJ	2
Copepoda (Unident.) OJ999999	2
Unknown OT	20
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	20

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Unknown QA	1
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	1
Coleoptera QC	52	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	30

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	10

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	10

Diptera QD	15	3
Tabanidae (Unident.) QD239999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	24	2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999	3
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999	10
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999	10
Odonata QO	26	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	10
Protoneuridae (Unident.) QO049999	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Libellulidae (Unident.) QO179999	10
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

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