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North Para River Junction 13218

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	05-06-1999
Taxa count ORDER	15
Taxa count FAMILY	36
Taxa count ALT	66
Mayflies present?	5
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.7	3.4	2.5
Weighted SIGNAL	4.4	3.6	3.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	48.84%	17,439,568,569m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 3.3.8 Pulses, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.2 Olives, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	30.37%	10,845,975,520m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	9.18%	3,278,294,860m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	5.39%	1,923,172,976m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.4 Landscape	1.55%	552,049,653m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	1.03%	366,282,945m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation, 4.1.3 Irrigated other forest production	0.96%	344,030,943m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.94%	334,780,111m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.64%	228,770,576m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.57%	203,018,260m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.33%	119,510,749m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.16%	57,255,150m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.04%	14,001,259m²
	Forestry	2.2.2 Other forest production	0.00%	1,000,090m²
Show minor land uses 10
				357,077,117m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 15 October 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	10	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	10
Gastropoda KG	77	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	6
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	13
Glyptophysa sp.(Unident.) KG070299	11
Unknown KG0702A2	2
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	25
Physa acuta KG080101	20
Oligochaeta LO	763	2
Nais elinguis LO050101	1
Nais communis LO050105	1
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	1
Pristina sp.(Unident.) LO050599	1
Chaetogaster diaphanus LO050702	1
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	1
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	755
Acarina MM	27	6
Procorticacarus sp.(Unident.) MM150899	5

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	19

Mesostigmata (Unident.) MM9999A2	3

Unknown MN	1
Oribatida sp. A MN0299A1	1

Amphipoda OP	159	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	159

Unknown OT	2
Paratya australiensis OT010101	2

Unknown QA	11
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	10
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	1
Coleoptera QC	30	5
Liodessus shuckhardi QC091201	2

Antiporus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09169I	3

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	12

Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	10

Enochrus sp.(Unident.) QC111199	3

Diptera QD	821	3
Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	6

Forcipomyia sp.(Unident.) QD092899	4

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	4

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	406

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	1
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	2
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	4
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	37
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	91
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	10
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	40
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	5
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	166
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	1
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	5
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	20
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	4

Dicrotendipes conjunctus QDAI0603	4
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Cloeon fluviatile QE020201	1
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	3
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	15	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	1
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	6
Enithares bergrothi QH670106	1
Anisops hackeri QH670405	1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	6
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Newmanoperla thoreyi QP031001	2
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	4
Trichoptera QT	22	8
Ulmerochorema membrum QT011403	1
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	14
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	7

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9

Sampled on 5 June 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	6	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	5

Amphipoda OP	12	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	12

Unknown QA	170
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	167
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	3
Coleoptera QC	4	5
Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	3

Rhantus saturalis QC092301	1

Diptera QD	656	3
Anopheles sp.(Unident.) QD070199	40

Aedes sp.(Unident.) QD070599	68

Culex sp.(Unident.) QD070799	2

Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	52

Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	2

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	4
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	7
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	5
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	366

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	109
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Enithares bergrothi QH670106	1

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9